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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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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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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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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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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