Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."
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By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025
Greta Neubauer
Greta Neubauer
stated on April 11, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”
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By Hope Karnopp • April 24, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 18, 2024 a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.
“Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 23, 2024
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on December 8, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
"Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."
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By Hope Karnopp • December 19, 2023
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on March 29, 2023 a press release
“For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
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By Cameron Carr • June 19, 2023
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on May 9, 2023 a news conference
The New York state budget covers 96% of eligible preschoolers
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 18, 2023
Joan Ballweg
Joan Ballweg
stated on January 24, 2023 Twitter
"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."
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By D.L. Davis • March 14, 2023
Devin LeMahieu
Devin LeMahieu
stated on January 3, 2023 Senate address
"In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."
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By Vanessa Swales • February 3, 2023
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 23, 2023 a speech.
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
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By Warren Fiske • January 25, 2023
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on October 25, 2022 a debate
The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 5, 2022
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 a tweet
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
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December 11, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
stated on May 7, 2021 Twitter
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
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By Haley BeMiller • May 18, 2021
Rick Gundrum
Rick Gundrum
stated on March 29, 2021 Twitter
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
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By D.L. Davis • April 6, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet
“No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.”
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By Cassidey Kavathas, Hannah Roesch • February 11, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
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By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on August 12, 2019 her campaign announcement
Says her office "uncover(ed) $350 million in waste and fraud; it led to 40 criminal charges against both Republicans and Democrats."
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By Madison Czopek • September 20, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 26, 2019 an Instagram post
 "Last year, South Carolina spent $21,756 per prison inmate and $11,552 per student."
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By John Kruzel • August 27, 2019
Kelly E. Hastings
Kelly E. Hastings
stated on June 30, 2019 On twitter
Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence."
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By Elizabeth Thompson • July 3, 2019
Cody Smith
Cody Smith
stated on March 6, 2019 a capitol report
"Our state transportation department already has a heavy debt load and has paid more than $700 million in debt payments in just the last two years."
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By Zara McDowell-Barker • May 8, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on April 1, 2019 a news release
The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college."  
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 7, 2019
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