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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Contractor Coalition
Wisconsin Contractor Coalition
stated on February 23, 2015 a website claim
Says Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s "own 2014 survey revealed that just 15 percent of business executive respondents were in favor of Right-To-Work legislation."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 25, 2015
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on February 15, 2015 a column
Says award-winning Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Megan Sampson was laid off because Gov. Scott Walker cut state aid to education.
False
By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2015
Julaine Appling
Julaine Appling
stated on January 6, 2015 a radio interview
Polls on legalizing same-sex marriage "are not dramatically changing."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 16, 2015
Peter Feigin
Peter Feigin
stated on January 6, 2015 a speech
The Milwaukee Bucks are "actually younger than the Marquette team."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 9, 2015
Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc.
Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc.
stated on November 8, 2014 a tweet
The majority of revenue generated by a proposed Kenosha casino would be sent to the Seminole tribe in Florida.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 20, 2014
Bob Seger
Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 an interview
The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad
"Scott Walker opposed a plan to help Wisconsin students refinance their student loans." 
False
October 29, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 21, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Six convictions are connected to an allegation by prosecutors "that Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a criminal scheme."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 a debate
"The next state budget will begin with a surplus of over half a billion dollars -- $535 million to be exact."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 22, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 5, 2014 a campaign news release
"As district attorney, Susan Happ took $180,000" in a "shady" land deal "from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 15, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 10, 2014 a news release
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsin's photo ID election law
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 14, 2014
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 a speech
"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."
False
October 12, 2014
Nik Kovac
Nik Kovac
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV interview
Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 8, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"In the last year, Wisconsin ranked third in Midwest job growth."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 29, 2014 a radio interview
Job creation has gotten worse each year that Scott Walker has been governor.
False
By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 23, 2014 a television ad
New jobs numbers are in, and Wisconsin has "fallen to dead last in Midwest job growth."
False
By James B. Nelson • October 3, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on September 26, 2014 a news release
Scott Walker was elected governor on a promise not to take campaign contributions "from the date of his inauguration until the signing of the state budget," but broke it by taking nearly $5.6 million.  
False
September 29, 2014
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 8, 2014 a news release
"Over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual Wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four."
False
September 11, 2014
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