Latest Fact-Checks In Missouri

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Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on October 13, 2017 a speech
Missouri "is leading the country when it comes to improving services for mental and behavioral health. Innovation is happening right here." 
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By Carolina Vargas • December 15, 2017
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 30, 2017 a news release
"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."
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By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • December 14, 2017
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri Department of Economic Development
stated on October 19, 2017 a proposal to Amazon.com
Among states, Missouri ranks "3rd (in) average yearly growth of high-tech industries."
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By Kathryn Hardison • November 27, 2017
Nick Schroer
Nick Schroer
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet
"FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind."
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By Katelyn Brown • November 18, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on July 12, 2017 a Facebook post
"When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations."
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By Patrick Mueller • November 15, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 21, 2017 a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
"The six wealthiest people in the world (have) as much wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population, 3.7 billion people."
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By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • October 31, 2017
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on September 17, 2017 a Fox News segment
"The city (of St. Louis) is no stranger to violence. There were 5,762 violent crimes in 2015 alone, including 188 homicides. The highest rate per capita in the country, according to FBI crime statistics."
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By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • October 24, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video
"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 a town hall in Monett, Mo.
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
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By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet
"The bill that I carried cutting MO’s income tax for 1st time in over 100 years will start its 1st phase in jan 1 2018. #moleg @Eric_Schmitt"
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By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 26, 2017
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement at a legislative breakfast
"And this would be the first year, if everything holds true, we will spend over $10 billion of our state budget on Medicaid out of the $28 billion budget."
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March 12, 2017
Kip Kendrick
Kip Kendrick
stated on January 20, 2017 an interview on KMIZ’s “This Week”
"Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year than they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015."
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By Jen Para • March 2, 2017
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on June 14, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "he fought Obama at the Supreme Court — and won."
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By George Ash • October 7, 2016
Jason Kander
Jason Kander
stated on September 15, 2016 a campaign ad
"In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights."
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By Ellen Cagle • October 6, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox & Friends
"We had the Democratic Governors Association and the Obama political machine come into a Republican primary to try and rig the election by spending $1 million against me in the last couple of days."
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By Ellen Cagle • September 21, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on April 22, 2016 a tweet
"Closing our state’s wage gap would make a $9 billion difference to Missouri women."
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By Conner Smith • May 18, 2016
Peter Kinder
Peter Kinder
stated on March 17, 2016 a gubernatorial debate
"Youth unemployment in minority communities is about 40 to 45 percent."
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By Katie Moeller • April 1, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on March 4, 2016 a Columbia/Boone County League of Women Voters Town Hall
"Seventy percent of Missourians support voter photo ID legislation."
Mostly True
By Katie Moeller • March 14, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on January 20, 2016 a tweet
"A single mother of two can’t qualify for basic healthcare through Medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year."
Mostly True
By Katie Moeller • March 7, 2016
Todd Richardson
Todd Richardson
stated on January 10, 2016 comments on “This Week in Missouri Politics"
Says Missouri families’ "earning power is about $5,000 less today than it was at the turn of the century."
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By Katie Moeller • February 20, 2016
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