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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet:
"This is the largest cumulative surplus for the first six months of any fiscal year in state history."
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By Austin Jones, Kyle Coughlin • March 6, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on February 25, 2019 his State of the State address:
"Right now, four in 10 public schools in our state are at least 50 years old."
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By Bill McCarthy • March 5, 2019
Terry Katsma
Terry Katsma
stated on February 17, 2019 a TV interview:
"The rainy day fund … is $320 million. That's much more than what it has been in the past."  
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By Mica Soellner • February 28, 2019
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on December 11, 2018 an NPR interview:
California’s budget surplus is about "$30 billion"
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By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 19, 2018 a tweet:
"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."
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By Matt Minard • December 14, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview:
"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."  
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By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2018
Roman Prezioso
Roman Prezioso
stated on November 29, 2018 a panel discussion at West Virginia University:
"Fifty percent of our (West Virginia) budget was for lower education."
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By Lizzie Perry, Shannon MacNeil • December 6, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 16, 2018 a public forum:
"Special education categorical aid" from the state "hasn’t been raised in over a decade."
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By D.L. Davis • September 20, 2018
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on July 18, 2018 a tweet:
Says Texas charter schools "get 100% state $/pupil funding while district schools (95% students) get about 1/3 funding from state w/ rest coming from local prop taxes (which is why those taxes are so high). Districts getting less b/c scarce $ going to charters."    
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet:
Says Rick Scott "cut $700 million from water management."
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By Lucia Geng • August 14, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 7, 2018 an online survey:
"After Texas cut" its "two-year family planning budget by $73 million, one in four clinics closed their doors."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 2, 2018 an interview:
Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office.  
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By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad:
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
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By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2018
Sue Bell Cobb
Sue Bell Cobb
stated on April 24, 2018 Democratic debate for governor:
"Alabama is operating government on the lowest amount of tax revenue of any state in the nation."
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By Manuela Tobias • May 1, 2018
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on January 13, 2018 a town hall :
California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
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By Chris Nichols • January 17, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 a candidates forum:
In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2018
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on September 20, 2017 a newspaper article:
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."
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By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 7, 2017 in a press release:
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
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By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 13, 2017 a press conference:
"Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 a campaign video:
California taxes are "among the highest in the nation."
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By Chris Nichols • July 11, 2017
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