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Kathy Hochul
stated on May 5, 2025 in a television interview:

The state budget contains the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years.

False

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 1, 2025

Alex Mooney
stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X:

Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.”

False

By Ayden Norcross • November 21, 2023

Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on April 4, 2022 in a news release.:

“The proposed (Virginia) House budget cuts hundreds of millions in funding for public education…”

False

By Warren Fiske • April 12, 2022

Pam Helming
stated on March 8, 2022 in a radio interview:

"Almost half of every dollar that we spend on gas, it goes to New York State."

False

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 17, 2022

Caleb Rowden
stated on September 22, 2020 in an online campaign ad:

Says he “fully funded Missouri K-12 education for the first time in state history.”

False

By Minh Connors • October 16, 2020

Illinois Rising Action
stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad:

“While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.”

False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 3, 2020

Andy Biggs
stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter:

"States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."

False

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 19, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts:

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

False

By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020

Deb Butler
stated on January 5, 2020 in a tweet:

Says NC Senate leader "expressed disdain" for the NC House budget vote on Sept. 11.

False

By Paul Specht • January 17, 2020

Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 18, 2019 in a speech.:

"Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans."

False

By Warren Fiske • June 25, 2019

West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet:

"West Virginia spends more tax dollars on public education than all but 13 other states and the District of Columbia."

False

By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome • May 10, 2019

Susana Mendoza
stated on February 13, 2019 in a campaign ad:

Says Bill Daley, as part of former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s transition team, wrote "the blueprint" for record Springfield gridlock.

False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 17, 2019

Tony Evers
stated on July 22, 2018 in a candidates forum:

"Since Scott Walker has been our governor, we’ve gone from 50 percent state funding for the" University of Wisconsin System "to 15 percent."

False

By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018

Sydney Batch
stated on May 23, 2018 in a newsletter:

"Yesterday afternoon the Republicans in the General Assembly used the nuclear option to pass North Carolina's over $20 billion budget."

False

By Paul Specht • May 25, 2018

Stokes County school teacher
stated on May 10, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"I am roughly being paid $53 a day to educate your child."

False

By Paul Specht • May 16, 2018

Brian Kolb
stated on March 31, 2018 in a statement on the state budget:

This year’s state budget "continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program"

False

By Dan Clark • April 9, 2018

Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2018 in a press conference:

"The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA."

False

By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018

Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet:

"The state is set to recapture an additional $500 million in Robin Hood payments from taxpayers and not one penny of it will go to public education in Texas."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018

John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview:

Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.

False

By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017

Delaine Eastin
stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio:

Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."

False

By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017

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