Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 a television interview
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 7, 2023 a tweet
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Sarah Bahari • May 9, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 8, 2023 Twitter
The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2023
William Barclay
William Barclay
stated on December 1, 2022 a radio interview
California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2023
Deidre DeJear
Deidre DeJear
stated on August 13, 2022 remarks at the Iowa State Fair
“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • August 29, 2022
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on March 29, 2022 an ad
“A secret backroom deal" gave "away hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a Soros-owned company."
Mostly False
April 8, 2022
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on February 12, 2022 an ad
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
Mostly False
February 24, 2022
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 13, 2021 Instagram
“The Walker-Kleefisch administration slashed $800 million from public schools."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 22, 2021
David Suetterlein
David Suetterlein
stated on August 9, 2021 a floor speech.
The General Assembly gave Gov. Ralph Northam “a $1 billion blank check.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 16, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2021 a TV ad
“Under Terry McAuliffe (there was a) record investment in education.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 2, 2021
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mostly False
By John Pullano • February 26, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 1, 2021 a press release
States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV interview
Illinois “got into fiscal problems because of a Republican governor who was governor there” before Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2020 Facebook post
Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers “wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on June 18, 2019 a radio interview
"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."  
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 8, 2019
Denny Hoskins
Denny Hoskins
stated on January 31, 2019 an interview with the Columbia Daily Tribune
"Missouri still owes $60 million on bonds issued to build the 23-year-old Edward Jones Dome, the former home of the St. Louis Rams."
Mostly False
By Adam Reckamp • April 16, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 12, 2019 news release
In-state tuition available "for non-U.S. citizens after three years … veterans have to wait five years."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 13, 2019
Patricia Fahy
Patricia Fahy
stated on January 14, 2019 a radio interview
As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."   
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 21, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 25, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Scott Walker ‘cut $800 million from our schools.’
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018
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