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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on November 2, 2010 a campaign mailer:
Says he "led the effort to build a new (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) engineering campus in Wauwatosa."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2011
stated on November 19, 2010 a newsletter to Milwaukee residents:
"More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 5, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on December 15, 2010 a news conference with reporters:
"I never proposed privatizing the (Milwaukee County) airport."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 4, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper:
"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on December 9, 2010 an interview with a newspaper editorial board:
"We continue to see these isolated incidents of people trying to vote five, six times a day."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 23, 2010
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes
stated on December 15, 2010 a comment made during his radio show:
Says the University of Wisconsin football program is spending almost all of its Bowl Championship Series payout on a Rose Bowl junket for politically connected officials
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • December 21, 2010
Talgo Inc.
Talgo Inc.
stated on December 10, 2010 a statement from the company:
The Milwaukee business community "did not speak about the facts" -- and in support of train manufacturer Talgo -- as the Milwaukee-Madison rail link was being killed.
True
By James B. Nelson • December 20, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on December 14, 2010 a statement on the U.S. Senate floor:
Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included  "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2010
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on December 12, 2010 a television interview:
Right-to-work states "have higher rates of income growth."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 17, 2010
Steve Kagen
Steve Kagen
stated on December 13, 2010 a newspaper article:
"Already, the mayor of Green Bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new VA center."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • December 16, 2010
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on December 9, 2010 a news release:
Governor-elect Scott Walker’s opposition to high-speed rail "killed 13,000 Wisconsin jobs"
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2010
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
stated on December 3, 2010 a news release:
"I have always been focused on reining in the deficit."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 13, 2010
Bryan Kennedy
Bryan Kennedy
stated on December 5, 2010 a TV interview:
State employees in Wisconsin earn "about 8 percent less" than if they worked in the private sector.
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 12, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 9, 2010 a statement on campaign web site:
Eliminating the state tax on health savings accounts will "make it easier for small business owners to provide health insurance to their employees."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2010
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on December 5, 2010 a television interview:
When it comes to the state deficit, Wisconsin is "proportionally in as much trouble as the State of California."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2010
Jim Doyle
Jim Doyle
stated on November 30, 2010 a program at the Marquette University Law School:
"It’s illegal for a state to say we’re simply going to cut off (union contract) negotiations. There’s a legal requirement that you are involved in good faith bargaining."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 7, 2010
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Pro-Life Wisconsin
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release:
In Wisconsin, "6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on African-Americans."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 6, 2010
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release:
"In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2010
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on November 17, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper:
Says he got twice as much money from the sale of County Grounds land than Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was willing to accept.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • December 3, 2010
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 a news release:
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2010
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