Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Jay Rothman
Jay Rothman
stated on December 1, 2024 TV interview
“The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.”
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By Hope Karnopp • December 12, 2024
Fentrice Driskell
Fentrice Driskell
stated on March 7, 2023 a press conference
"$1 of every $3 (Ron DeSantis) spends comes from the federal government."
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By Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2023
Jennifer Konfrst
Jennifer Konfrst
stated on March 21, 2022 a press release
Only 2% of K-12 students would benefit from Iowa’s school voucher bill.
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April 7, 2022
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 7, 2021 Twitter
Wisconsin’s 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor’s proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit.
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By Madeline Heim • May 25, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech
"We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."
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By Haley BeMiller • January 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 14, 2020 a Facebook post
Florida is "the 45th in state education funding."
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By Amy Sherman • January 17, 2020
Ray Cross
Ray Cross
stated on May 26, 2019 a TV interview
"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."
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By D.L. Davis • June 14, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2019 a tweet
"In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2019
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • April 16, 2019
Clif Smart
Clif Smart
stated on February 14, 2019 a tweet
"Missouri ranks 45th in the nation in per capita state fiscal support for higher education and Missouri State is last among Missouri schools."
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By Zara McDowell-Barker • April 10, 2019
Tommie Pierson Jr.
Tommie Pierson Jr.
stated on February 18, 2019 a Missouri Legislative Black Caucus press conference
Says "zero" African Americans have presented to the House Budget Committee in 2019.
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By Sidney Steele • March 26, 2019
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on January 16, 2019 his state of the state speech
"We maintain this (Missouri highway) system with one of the lowest levels of funding in the country."
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By Sidney Steele • March 7, 2019
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on August 14, 2018 a tweet
In West Virginia, "personal income tax collections (were) up 14% from 2017."
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By Matt Minard • October 11, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2018 a tweet
"Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."  
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June 22, 2018
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 25, 2018 a State of the State Address
California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."
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By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech
"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."
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By Chris Nichols • August 9, 2017
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on July 16, 2017 an email blast
"One" Texas school "district alone -- Austin ISD -- is expected to lose more than $530 million in local property taxes to Robin Hood this year."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on June 1, 2017 a tweet
"The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget."
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By Will Doran • June 6, 2017
Allen Andrews
Allen Andrews
stated on February 24, 2017 an article on KMAland.com
"Missouri is actually the only state that has been forced to borrow money from the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits during each of the last five economic downturns."
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By Jen Para • April 23, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 10, 2017 In a speech
Wisconsin property taxes, as a percentage of personal income, "are the lowest that they've been since the end of World War II."
True
January 13, 2017
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