Latest Fact-Checks In Georgia

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American Petroleum Institute
American Petroleum Institute
stated on August 27, 2015 a blog post
"The oil and natural gas industry provides or supports 141,600 jobs in Georgia."
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By April Hunt • October 16, 2015
ESPN
ESPN
stated on September 27, 2015 in an article
Alabama’s Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturday’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.
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By Nancy Badertscher • October 1, 2015
Reader
Reader
stated on September 3, 2015 an email from a reader
Atlanta has issued an increasing number of citations - and collected an increasing amount of revenue - since Mayor Kasim Reed took office in 2010.
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By April Hunt • September 11, 2015
Steve Cannon
Steve Cannon
stated on August 24, 2015 press release
Buying the naming rights to the new Falcons stadium is the largest marketing deal in Mercedes-Benz history.
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 27, 2015
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on August 11, 2015 a speech at the Commerce Club
"Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation."
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 19, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on June 22, 2015 a press release
The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.
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By April Hunt • July 28, 2015
Police Chief Billy Grogan
Police Chief Billy Grogan
stated on July 14, 2015 press release
Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.
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By Nancy Badertscher • July 21, 2015
Tim Lee
Tim Lee
stated on June 30, 2015 mass email
Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.
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By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015
Tom Toles
Tom Toles
stated on June 18, 2015 an editorial cartoon
A "working woman" will earn $7.70 on $10.
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By April Hunt • July 10, 2015
Fulton County Health and Wellness
Fulton County Health and Wellness
stated on June 16, 2015 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.
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By Nancy Badertscher • June 19, 2015
Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
stated on June 8, 2015 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.
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By April Hunt • June 12, 2015
Jay Roberts
Jay Roberts
stated on March 31, 2015 a House floor debate
About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.
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By April Hunt • May 25, 2015
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on March 31, 2015 a Twitter post
The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
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By April Hunt • April 27, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 15, 2015 press release
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 24, 2015
Michael T. Owens
Michael T. Owens
stated on April 1, 2015 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.
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By April Hunt • April 15, 2015
Trebor Banstetter
Trebor Banstetter
stated on March 1, 2015 a newspaper article
 Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 31, 2015
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
stated on March 9, 2015 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.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 11, 2015
Doug Collins
Doug Collins
stated on March 3, 2015 in a newspaper article
President Obama said "22 times" he could not authorize immigration reform by executive order.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 6, 2015
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on February 2, 2015 an Associated Press news story
"When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem."
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By April Hunt • February 27, 2015
Lee May
Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 the 2015 State of the County address
In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."
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By April Hunt • February 13, 2015
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