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Latest Fact-Checks In Georgia

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Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release:
Replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day.
True
By April Hunt • July 7, 2015
Various media reports 2
Various media reports 2
stated on June 18, 2015 in church shooting aftermath:
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • July 1, 2015
Athens Banner-Herald
Athens Banner-Herald
stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report:
Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.
True
By April Hunt • June 24, 2015
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on June 15, 2015 in a House floor speech:
"Two weeks ago, a man entered the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a loaded AR-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine."
Half-True
By April Hunt • June 23, 2015
Fulton County Health and Wellness
Fulton County Health and Wellness
stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release:
Currently, almost 40 percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they already have developed AIDS. And that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with HIV.
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 19, 2015
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 in press conference:
Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015
Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
stated on June 8, 2015 in a press release:
The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • June 12, 2015
State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance
stated on June 5, 2015 in televised story:
Georgia residents file the most insurance claims for lightning strikes in the country.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 10, 2015
Lee May
Lee May
stated on June 2, 2015 in a press release:
"Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."
True
By April Hunt • June 9, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 in press conference:
"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 5, 2015
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Institute for Women's Policy Research
stated on May 20, 2015 in a new report:
Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 27, 2015
Jay Roberts
Jay Roberts
stated on March 31, 2015 in a House floor debate:
About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • May 25, 2015
Russell McMurry
Russell McMurry
stated on May 11, 2015 in news reports:
Georgia is on track for 1,200 traffic fatalities this year, a reversal of nine years of declines.
True
By April Hunt • May 20, 2015
Akbar Al Baker
Akbar Al Baker
stated on March 16, 2015 in an interview:
The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • May 19, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 in his debut Senate floor speech:
The Fair Tax proposal encourages innovation and investment "level the playing field" for American companies to compete globally.
Half-True
By April Hunt • May 18, 2015
Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 in interviews:
The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.  
True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 13, 2015
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on May 6, 2015 in a press release:
"Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia – a state that last year did the NRA’s bidding and weakened its already lax gun laws."
Mostly False
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 12, 2015
Danny Porter
Danny Porter
stated on May 4, 2015 in an interview with AM750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB radio:
"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 6, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 in his debut Senate floor speech:
The United States is "about to have the smallest Army since before WWII, the smallest Navy since WWI and the smallest Air Force ever."
Half-True
By April Hunt • May 4, 2015
City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on August 8, 2014 in press release:
Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta."
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 1, 2015
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