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Latest Fact-Checks On Tony Evers

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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."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 11, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
Wisconsin had a “record-breaking year” for tourism in 2023.
True
By Hope Karnopp • June 28, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 11, 2024 TV interview:
“We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.”
True
By Sophia Voight • March 6, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 23, 2024 Speech:
“In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.”
True
By Sophia Voight • February 2, 2024
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
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 27, 2022 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.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 7, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2022 Twitter:
“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 14, 2022 Twitter:
“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • December 2, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 19, 2022 Campaign ad:
If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 6, 2022 Campaign email:
Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 17, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on July 24, 2022 TV interview:
"We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 16, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 13, 2022 Campaign email:
“Wisconsin's archaic abortion ban is older than 20 states."
True
By Laura Schulte • June 22, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 13, 2022 News release:
Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
True
By Alan Hovorka • February 15, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 22, 2021 Public statement:
On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses.
Half Flip
By D.L. Davis • October 5, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 14, 2021 Twitter:
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 21, 2021 Twitter:
A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 30, 2021 Twitter:
“It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 2, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 14, 2021 TV interview:
“There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
True
By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech:
"The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 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."
True
By Haley BeMiller • January 26, 2021
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