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Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2024 TV interview

"(The) top issue for college students is the economy."

By Hope Karnopp • February 2, 2024

Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2019 a tweet

"Wisconsin is a Top 10 state for health care coverage."

By Eric Litke • June 25, 2019

Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2018 a tweet

"Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."

June 22, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on May 17, 2017 a radio interview

Tax cuts approved and those proposed in his state budget "will exceed $8 billion by the time the budget is done."

By Alan Hovorka • July 12, 2017

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."

January 13, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on June 27, 2016 a letter to Department of Transportation officials

"For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation."

By Sarah Hauer • July 20, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 a radio interview

Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation."

By Sarah Hauer • June 9, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 an interview

"Here in Wisconsin, we've put in previous budgets more money into mental health services than any governor has in the last 25 years."

December 23, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody."

By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 17, 2015 a radio interview

"By the end of this budget I'm in right now, taxes will have been cut $4.7 billion in my state."

By Lucas Daprile • August 28, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 3, 2015 a candidates forum

Wisconsin’s "rainy day fund" is "165 times bigger than when we first took office."

August 7, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 14, 2015 a speech

Says he "paid one dollar for" a sweater at Kohl’s.

By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 a speech

Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."

March 2, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on December 12, 2014 a tweet

"My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 18, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on November 7, 2014 an interview

"The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldn't even (increase) the vote there."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 12, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2014 a campaign news release

Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."

By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on July 30, 2014 a tweet

"Wisconsin is #1 in the Midwest for personal income growth over the year."

By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on March 4, 2014 a statement to reporters

"Once our Blueprint for Prosperity is signed into law, we will have delivered $2 billion" in tax relief.

By Dave Umhoefer • March 12, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 a book

"During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a speech

Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."

By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2013

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