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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 27, 2013 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker "hasn't done a public event this entire year."
Pants on Fire!
September 8, 2013
Frank Annunziato
Frank Annunziato
stated on August 6, 2013 a newspaper interview
Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions
Half-True
By Gregory Smith • September 7, 2013
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 24, 2013 a column
Because of Gov. Scott Walker’s budgeting, a greater percentage of general fund tax dollars is "going to pay off debt than ever before in our history."
Half-True
September 2, 2013
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 27, 2013 a radio advertisement
Says that "unlike Texas, Missouri has a perfect AAA credit rating."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on July 20, 2013 an interview
"I’ve got the spending down, I’ve got the debt down a little bit, I’ve got the reserves up."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2013
Rene Garcia
Rene Garcia
stated on August 20, 2013 a Florida Cabinet meeting
Miami-Dade County is the "No. 1 donor county in the state."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2013
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on August 15, 2013 legislative testimony
Wisconsin’s criminal threshold for drunken-driving is "way out of line" with "states surrounding us," which "have the second offense as a felony."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 25, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a speech
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 27, 2013 a campaign video
Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2013 the realrickscott.com website
Rick Scott "increased tuition at our state colleges and universities by double digits."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2013
Tom Pauken
Tom Pauken
stated on July 25, 2013 an oped column.
"Our recent state budgets have far exceeded population and inflation growth."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 25, 2013 a newspaper ad
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 26, 2013
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on July 19, 2013 a news release
The Republican-authored state budget includes a provision "forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 26, 2013
Jeff Kruse
Jeff Kruse
stated on July 8, 2013 a Senate floor speech
Says that in Curry County, "if you make a 911 call you’re likely to wait for an hour for a response."
Half-True
By Janie Har • July 13, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on June 26, 2013 a state Senate budget hearing
Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget
True
By Caryn Shinske • July 7, 2013
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 23, 2013 an interview
A private school tax break in the Wisconsin state budget is "the most generous in the nation."
Half-True
June 28, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on June 5, 2013 a fund-raising email
Under Republican-backed state budget, the state education agency estimates expansion of Wisconsin’s school voucher program "could cost nearly $2 billion annually"
Pants on Fire!
June 26, 2013
Andre Jacque
Andre Jacque
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview
A monthly "police and fire protection fee" on all Wisconsin phone bills does nothing to support police and fire.
False
June 24, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program
"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 23, 2013
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