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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on November 7, 2025 in a television interview:
Gov. Kathy Hochul has raised taxes.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 11, 2025
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 12, 2023 in a post on X:
“2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia”
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By Max Cohen • October 20, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview:
Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.
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By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • September 8, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 27, 2022 in Twitter:
"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”
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By D.L. Davis • February 7, 2023
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter:
“Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”
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By Madeline Heim • July 9, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 21, 2021 in Twitter:
A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”
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By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2021
stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview:
The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 21, 2021
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 5, 2020 in a tweet:
There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Lawrence Andrea • June 17, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference:
“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address:
"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”
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By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 22, 2019 in a tweet:
"Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."
Half-True
By Claudia Breaux, Olivia Vigna • October 1, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 19, 2019 in a radio interview:
Property taxes have "nothing to do with the state."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 10, 2019
Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson
stated on May 29, 2019 in a tweet:
Republicans on the budget-writing committee "did nothing" to address oversight of large-scale farms, "as literal manure is coming out of people’s faucets. 
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By Mica Soellner • June 11, 2019
Cody Smith
Cody Smith
stated on February 21, 2019 in a statement:
"On our current trajectory, we’ll be 2,000 prison beds short by 2021... We’ll need two new prisons soon, at the cost of $485 million over the next five years."
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By Lauren Richey • May 8, 2019
Jim Steineke
Jim Steineke
stated on March 31, 2019 in an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront:
Says GOP leaders have "made overtures to meet on a regular basis," but Gov. Tony Evers has "refused to even meet with us."
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By Eric Litke • April 10, 2019
Denny Hoskins
Denny Hoskins
stated on February 5, 2019 in an interview and multiple media reports:
The sports betting bill would create "$12.5 million to $30.9 million in additional revenue for the state"
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By Zara McDowell-Barker • March 15, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 7, 2018 in a tweet:
"A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%" and "that would require the release of thousands of violent felons."  
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By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 21, 2018:
Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.
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By Chris Nichols • June 1, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview on The Capital Pressroom:
Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County
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By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
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