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Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 an interview with Texas Monthly
"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."
False
By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 21, 2016 an online campaign ad
Says Donald Trump "has the second-highest disapproval ratings of anyone running for president."
False
By Dylan Baddour • May 27, 2016
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2016 Senate floor remarks
"Vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language in Texas."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2016
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on April 22, 2016 Pete Gallego campaign press release
Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend region -- cutting up our beloved park."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016
Celia Israel
Celia Israel
stated on May 13, 2016 a press release
"When adjusted for inflation, (Texas) per-student spending has remained relatively flat over the past 16 years. Despite that trend, Texas schools in 2017 will receive $381 less per student than they did in 2003."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2016
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion in Austin
"The first tweet was sent from Austin."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016
Don Willett
Don Willett
stated on May 13, 2016 the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case
Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2016 speaking against Proposition 1 on Austin's May 7, 2016 ballot
"Austin is number one in Texas in startups, venture capital and patents."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2016
Bill McRaven
Bill McRaven
stated on January 21, 2016 addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
University of Texas undergraduate student debt "is less than $21,000… probably one of the lowest debts across the nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 12, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 28, 2016 a campaign email
"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."  
Pants on Fire!
By Emma Hinchliffe • May 9, 2016
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 4, 2016 a ceremony to introduce new local transit authority chairman
"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."
False
By Emma Hinchliffe • May 6, 2016
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 10, 2016 a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader
"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."
Mostly True
By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 8, 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign news release
"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • April 30, 2016
Ridesharing Works for Austin
Ridesharing Works for Austin
stated on April 26, 2016 a voter mailer noted by a reader
If Austin voters reject Proposition 1, a "completely new City-run" criminal background check "process will cost millions in processing fees, additional staff, and bureaucracy" with taxpayers getting "the bill."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2016
Tom
Tom "Smitty" Smith
stated on April 14, 2016 a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman
"Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016
Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
stated on March 22, 2016 remarks to reporters at NFL annual meeting
Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016
Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice
Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice
stated on April 8, 2016 a fund-raising letter from female supporters
Austin’s Stop Abuse for Everyone has seen in its offices "sexual assault survivors that report being attacked by their ridesharing drivers, at a rate of one per month."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2016
Ellen Troxclair
Ellen Troxclair
stated on April 10, 2016 a voter forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
Statistics show "you are about nine times more likely to be assaulted by a taxi driver" in Austin than a driver for a ride-hailing service.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2016
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 4, 2016 a press conference announcing new chairman of transit authority
"The Katy Freeway, or Interstate 10 west of Houston, is the widest freeway in the world, with up to 26 lanes, including frontage road lanes."
False
By Fauzeya Rahman • April 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 12, 2016 remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception
"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2016
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