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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in 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 in a speech:
On Common Core education standards
Half Flip
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2015
Virginia Education Association
Virginia Education Association
stated on January 2, 2015 in 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 in 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
By Tom Kertscher • January 9, 2015
Georgia Farm Bureau
Georgia Farm Bureau
stated on January 8, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 in 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 in 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
By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 in 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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