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Latest Fact-Checks By Meghan Ashford-Grooms

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Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on May 9, 2012 a TV ad.
Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
John Bradley
John Bradley
stated on May 14, 2012 an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman
Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 24, 2012
Ron Davis
Ron Davis
stated on March 1, 2012 a campaign flier
Says "over 40 percent of recent county bonds are for Precinct One, northeast Travis County," because he "is quick to identify projects that help make the East Side a desirable place to live."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on May 7, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says Lee Leffingwell "raised property taxes 20 percent in three years."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on April 16, 2012 an Austin mayoral debate on KXAN-TV
Says Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell voted for a toll lane on MoPac.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on April 10, 2012 a speech at Texas A&M University.
"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on March 24, 2012 remarks at a Texas Capitol rally
Says legislative cuts mean Texas is "spending on average $500 less per student."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 26, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 13, 2012 a Republican U.S. Senate debate
Says that when adjusted for inflation and population growth, state general revenue spending has decreased 10.7 percent on his watch.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 20, 2012
Charlie Gonzalez
Charlie Gonzalez
stated on March 27, 2012 a conference call
Says that Mitt Romney, while he was in Arizona, said he believes the state’s SB 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration laws.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 4, 2012 an online video
"6.4 million more Americans living in poverty under President Obama."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 10, 2012
Rosemary Lehmberg
Rosemary Lehmberg
stated on October 31, 2011 campaign video
Says she "created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders" in Texas.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 3, 2012
Elliott Naishtat
Elliott Naishtat
stated on March 5, 2012 an op-ed column
"Nearly 45 percent of the women who receive health screenings through (the Women’s Health Program) do so at a Planned Parenthood health center."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 24, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 15, 2012 a tweet
Says that in fiscal year 2010, "nearly 80 percent of women served" in the Texas Women’s Health Program received services from a provider other than a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 23, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Arizona
Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 2, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 3, 2012 a press release
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz "opposes the DREAM Act, which is supported by 85% of Latinos."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 21, 2012
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Elizabeth Ames Jones
stated on February 13, 2012 a statement announcing her departure from the commission
On resigning from the Texas Railroad Commission.
Full Flop
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 17, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 21, 2012 remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary
Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 12, 2012
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on December 6, 2011 an interview
Says she "wiped out" the state Agriculture Department’s inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 31, 2012
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