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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 State of the State address
Since Gov. Nathan Deal office in 2011, the state’s rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 27, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 13, 2015 a speech
On Common Core education standards
Half Flip
January 16, 2015
Virginia Education Association
Virginia Education Association
stated on January 2, 2015 a web post.
State "school funding per pupil is down 16 percent compared to 2009, after adjusting for inflation."
True
By Warren Fiske • January 12, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 17, 2014 remarks to reporters
"The difference over the (previous) four years between where things were headed and where we brought them to over the last four years is a total of $816 in saved property tax money."
Mostly False
January 9, 2015
Georgia Farm Bureau
Georgia Farm Bureau
stated on January 8, 2015 a statement on the Georgia Farm Bureau website
Agriculture contributes $71 billion to Georgia’s economy annually, making it the state’s largest industry.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • January 9, 2015
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post
Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."
True
By Nancy Madsen • December 22, 2014
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post
"We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state university’s head football or basketball coach."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • December 22, 2014
Mario Loyola
Mario Loyola
stated on November 5, 2014 an opinion piece
"Wisconsin’s state budget is almost twice as large per person as the state budget of Texas, and even after billions in tax cuts, Wisconsin’s working families and businesses remain subject to a heavy tax burden."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 1, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 14, 2014 a newspaper interview
Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • November 30, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Joy Pullmann
Joy Pullmann
stated on November 11, 2014 an opinion piece
Scott Walker "couldn’t get his own party" to back more than a 500-student increase in Milwaukee’s school choice program, but in Indiana, "Mitch Daniels’ voucher program is approaching 30,000 students two years after opening."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 21, 2014
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on November 7, 2014 an interview
Republicans approved 12 times larger tax breaks for "people making over 350 grand" than for "the average middle-class person."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2014
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on November 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
New Jersey has had "seven credit downgrades" since Chris Christie became governor.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 9, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in television commercial
"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad
"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 24, 2014 a speech
Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."
Half-True
October 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 a debate
The projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-’17 "actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. That just doesn’t happen."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 17, 2014 a debate
Says Scott Walker cut funding to local governments in Wisconsin, contributing to the "second-largest increase in violent crime" in the Midwest.  
Half-True
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
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