Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 18, 2015 a statement
Says Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare "is a new entitlement" program for "every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare."   
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August 26, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 a video
Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.
Half-True
August 7, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2015 a statement on Twitter
"Since I took office, Wisconsin now has the 2nd highest health care quality ranking in the country."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2015
Ted Kanavas
Ted Kanavas
stated on June 12, 2015 a political talk show
"Less than 1 percent of all the education dollars that we spend are spent on private (school) voucher programs."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • July 2, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire
"Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." 
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 23, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech
My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 --  in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • June 22, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech at the state Democratic Party convention
"The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations."
Half-True
By Lucas Daprile • June 17, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 a radio interview
"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 a speech
A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country." 
Half-True
June 11, 2015
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on May 22, 2015
Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, "the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 10, 2015
David Bowen
David Bowen
stated on May 11, 2015 a news release
"Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 4, 2015
Andy Craig
Andy Craig
stated on May 11, 2015 a news release
"Thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws," candidates in November 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of Wisconsin’s state representative races but in Michigan and Minnesota nearly all races had challengers.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 3, 2015
Robert Puente
Robert Puente
stated on May 12, 2015 remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council
If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."  
Half-True
June 1, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 14, 2015 a Twitter post
"Americans will spend more on taxes in 2015 than on food, clothing and housing combined."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 23, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 an interview
In recent polling in battleground states, a "majority of the people" said Hillary Clinton "is untrustworthy."
Half-True
April 21, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 an interview
Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."  
Half-True
April 20, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 an interview
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
Half-True
April 13, 2015
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
stated on January 9, 2015 an open letter
"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.
Half-True
March 9, 2015
Julie Lassa
Julie Lassa
stated on February 25, 2015 a speech on the Senate floor
The infant mortality rate is 15 percent higher in states with right-to-work laws.
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • March 5, 2015
Rebecca Blank
Rebecca Blank
stated on February 12, 2015 a public meeting
UW-Madison "spent down reserves" as it was told to do two years ago and, facing new state budget cuts, has "no more reserves to spend down."  
Half-True
February 20, 2015
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