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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on February 2, 2016 a TV ad
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich had "the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • February 2, 2016
David Sweetser
David Sweetser
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview
Boston is just 60 minutes away and it’s offering subsidies to developers who can charge higher rent than you can get in Providence while construction costs are more or less equal. As a result, the Boston skyline "is completely dominated by the cranes."  
True
By Mark Reynolds • January 17, 2016
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 14, 2016 a news release
Wisconsin dropped "from second in the country to 41st" among states where more than half the students took the ACT exam.
Pants on Fire!
January 15, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 an attack ad
Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address
"For the first time ever, we completely funded the critical needs waiting list so persons with unique abilities can get the help they need."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2016
Steven Landes
Steven Landes
stated on December 24, 2015 a constituent survey.
Medicaid expansion "could cost the Commonwealth of Virginia over $1 billion a year..."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 11, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 17, 2015 a speech.
"We are taking Virginia’s investment in public education to the highest level in the commonwealth’s history."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 11, 2016
Scott Walker
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."  
True
December 23, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 10, 2015 a radio interview.
Says he faced "a record budget deficit" in Virginia in 2014.
False
By Warren Fiske • December 21, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 3, 2015 a news conference.
"Since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from Virginia public schools.
True
By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2015
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 an interview
The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval  
Mostly True
December 3, 2015
Jeff Morales
Jeff Morales
stated on October 29, 2015 a press conference
"The actual (construction) contracts that we’ve awarded to date have come in several hundred million dollars below estimates."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 24, 2015
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on October 1, 2015 a tweet
"71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • November 18, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV interview.
"When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 16, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.
"There’s only one of us who’s actually cut government spending -- not two, there’s one and you’re looking at him."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
Don Francis
Don Francis
stated on October 28, 2015 an interview with Watchdog.org
Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 2, 2015
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on August 20, 2015 comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune
"Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent."    
Mostly True
By Adam Aton • October 23, 2015
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 19, 2015 an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News
Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 14, 2015 a press conference
"We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 15, 2015
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview
Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.
Mostly False
October 2, 2015
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