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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 20, 2015 comments at the Missouri State Fair
"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from folks outside Missouri."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2015
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on September 16, 2015 a tweet
A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • September 25, 2015
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 12, 2015 a post on Twitter
Missouri is "#1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities."
Mostly True
By Arthur Cook • September 24, 2015
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on August 31, 2015 a radio interview
The University of Wisconsin System  "is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 31, 2015 comments on Twitter.
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • September 9, 2015
Joe Pojman
Joe Pojman
stated on July 28, 2015 addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol
"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech
Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."
Mostly True
September 2, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 comments to reporters
Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."
Mostly False
September 1, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 30, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 30, 2015
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 TV ad
Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."   
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 10, 2015 a Twitter exchange
"F: The grade given to Florida for college affordability under Jeb Bush's leadership."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2015
Scott Walker
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."
True
August 7, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2015 a tweet
"In FY 2014 Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation" of "the Hyde amendment."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 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
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
"I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 8, 2015 an opinion piece
"Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history."
Mostly True
By Lucas Daprile • July 31, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview
Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."
False
July 30, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2015 a speech
Under Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin "projected a $1 billion (budget) surplus and it turns out to be a deficit of $2.2 billion."
Mostly False
July 28, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 15, 2015 a Facebook post
After actions by Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans, Wisconsin "is dead broke."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • July 6, 2015
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on June 25, 2015 a press release
Texas has "the nation's highest rate and highest number of uninsured."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 1, 2015
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