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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 a speech
Figures for September 2014’s job growth in Wisconsin mark the "largest private-sector job creation we've had in the month of September in more than a decade"
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By James B. Nelson • October 29, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 remarks during a campaign stop
"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"Thanks to our reforms, the average family will have an extra $322 to spend."
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 26, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 3, 2014 a press release
Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 10, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 25, 2014 a campaign television ad
In the latest jobs numbers Wisconsin "ranked third in the Midwest."
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By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 13, 2014 a TV ad
Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training."
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August 24, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2014 a news article
Says his "Act 10 reforms" have "saved the taxpayers some $3 billion."
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August 20, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"As Jim Doyle’s Commerce secretary, Mary Burke spent $12.5 million dollars to buy a vacant lot for a company that said it had no plans to create jobs in Wisconsin" and had laid off 800 workers.
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 10, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 19, 2014 a news conference
"We in this state saw more job creation in the last three years since I've been governor than you saw in the whole eight years of Doyle’s time as governor."
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By Devon Waugh • July 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview
"Graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since I took office."
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview
"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 22, 2014 a speech
"With the tax controls we already put in place, property taxes on a typical home in December of 2014 will actually be lower than they were in December of 2010."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 22, 2014 a speech
"After years of 5.5 percent average tuition increases, we now have a two-year tuition freeze for the first time in the history of the UW System."  
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January 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 27, 2013 an interview
Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees "are still paying about 12 to 13 percent" of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector "pay 20 to 25 percent."  
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December 9, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 12, 2013 a book
"The national debt is on track to double during Obama’s presidency."  
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November 13, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 10, 2013 an interview
"We’re importing about 10 percent of our milk supply. We’re America’s Dairyland, but yet we don’t have enough milk in this state to meet the demand for our cheesemakers."
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July 22, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2013 a speech
"In Wisconsin, only half of all the adults with serious psychological distress received mental health treatment or medication."
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March 8, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 13, 2013 a speech
Two-thirds of Wisconsinites receiving unemployment checks "are not required to search for work due to current work search exemptions."
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March 4, 2013
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