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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 17, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Under Mary Burke’s leadership, Commerce Department business-incentive programs had "major shortcomings" and "40 percent of jobs...didn’t materialize."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 3, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 26, 2014 a radio interview.
State Medicaid expansion "will save our treasury $1 billion over the next eight years."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • March 30, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 25, 2014 his campaign website
"Rick Scott tried to slash school funding by $3.3 billion."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 27, 2014
Greg Morris
Greg Morris
stated on March 13, 2014 an article
You can buy lobster with food stamps.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 21, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on February 26, 2014 a speech
Georgia has saved $20 million through changes in criminal sentencing.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014
Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 13, 2014 a website ad
Says Mary Burke's "2007-'09 state budget had a tax hike of $1.8 billion -- costing every man, woman and child in the state an extra $310."  
False
March 16, 2014
We Are Wisconsin
We Are Wisconsin
stated on February 17, 2014 an email
With his proposal to cut income and property taxes, Scott Walker is "increasing the state deficit at a time when borrowing is already at record levels."  
Mostly False
March 10, 2014
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on January 22, 2014 an interview
"For every week that (state lawmakers are) able to cut off our timeline, it saves (Georgia taxpayers) approximately $100,000."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 4, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 a TV interview
"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 10, 2014 a press release
As state Commerce secretary, Mary Burke drafted, sponsored and promoted "budgets that raised taxes by billions, created high structural deficits and raided funds to finance huge spending hikes."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
Mostly True
February 14, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 13, 2014 a campaign email blast
"Savings that I achieved" helped fund cameras on the border. "As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • February 6, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 19, 2014 a speech
Wisconsin is "not a high tax and fee state." When you look at "all the money state and local governments bring in" from residents, "we're more in the middle."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 5, 2014
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 a speech
"Georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union."  
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 20, 2014 an interview
"We’re trailing every other state in the Midwest in terms of job creation since January of 2011."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 2, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 27, 2014 the Texas Debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas
David Dewhurst is "the first lieutenant governor in history to have a personal security detail."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 13, 2014 a speech.
Virginia is "the No. 1 recipient of federal dollars."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • January 31, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 22, 2014 a news release
"The national economic recovery has led to higher than expected tax revenues and projected budget surpluses in nearly every state in the nation, including Wisconsin."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 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."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 23, 2014
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