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Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
stated on March 31, 2015 in a news report:
Delta has had the most animal deaths among U.S. carriers in the past five years
Half-True
By April Hunt • April 29, 2015
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on April 23, 2015 in state DOT road signs:
Distracted driving such as texting behind the wheel is behind a rise in traffic deaths on Georgia roadways this year.
True
By April Hunt • April 28, 2015
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on March 31, 2015 in a Twitter post:
The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • April 27, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 15, 2015 in press release:
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 24, 2015
Viral BuzzFeed
Viral BuzzFeed
stated on April 20, 2015 in video:
Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.  
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe, Nancy Badertscher • April 22, 2015
Charlie Bethel
Charlie Bethel
stated on April 2, 2015 in Senate chamber:
Georgia has had the nation’s busiest Court of Appeals for a decade or more.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 20, 2015
Michael T. Owens
Michael T. Owens
stated on April 1, 2015 in a news report:
A $5-a-night hotel/motel tax that’s part of the transportation bill will hurt Georgia’s convention business by adding extra costs for large groups coming to the state.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • April 15, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in State of State:
This year’s state budget and my spending proposal for Fiscal Year 2016 represent an infusion of more than $1 billion in additional money for K-12 education.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 14, 2015
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on April 2, 2015 in comments from the House floor:
The Georgia Legislature’s last day of session ends at midnight.
False
By April Hunt • April 10, 2015
Mary Margaret Oliver
Mary Margaret Oliver
stated on March 31, 2015 in a House floor debate:
Lawmakers were paid for their off-season efforts to, for the first time, take the lead in drawing borders for two would-be cities.
True
By April Hunt • April 7, 2015
Martin Smith
Martin Smith
stated on March 23, 2015 in subcommittee hearing:
By allowing brewpubs to sell beer, Georgia could become like Mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market.  
False
By Nancy Badertscher • April 2, 2015
Rick McAllister
Rick McAllister
stated on March 27, 2015 in a news report:
People buy more items during Georgia’s sales-tax holidays, boosting economic activity.
Half-True
By April Hunt • April 1, 2015
Trebor Banstetter
Trebor Banstetter
stated on March 1, 2015 in a newspaper article:
 Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.  
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 31, 2015
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 18, 2015 in the 2016 Budget Resolution from House Budget Committee:
Under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.
True
By April Hunt • March 27, 2015
Juda Engelmayer
Juda Engelmayer
stated on March 13, 2015 in interviews:
Creflo Dollar needed a $65 million Gulfstream G650 to carry thousands of pounds of food and other supplies -- as well as the Word of God -- worldwide.  
Pants on Fire!
By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 2015
Tyrone Brooks
Tyrone Brooks
stated on January 20, 2015 in a statement:
State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food stamps.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 2015
Rich Golick
Rich Golick
stated on March 3, 2015 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:
Uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under Georgia law. 
True
By April Hunt • March 20, 2015
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
stated on February 10, 2015 in news reports:
The proposed transportation tax plan revokes a tax-credit for consumers’ electric cars while the state retains similar credits for similar vehicles for businesses.
True
By April Hunt • March 16, 2015
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
stated on March 9, 2015 in article:
Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.    
True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 13, 2015
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
stated on March 9, 2015 in a statement:
Georgia is one of only five states where breweries can’t sell you a pint of beer to drink on premise or sell you a six-pack to go.  
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 11, 2015
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