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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on December 11, 2012 a video advertisement:
"I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • December 20, 2012
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on December 3, 2012 a news release:
Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 12, 2012
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on December 6, 2012 a press release:
The increase in the current state budget was greater than the inflation rate and the rate of population growth in Georgia.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 12, 2012
Our Oregon
Our Oregon
stated on December 4, 2012 a blog post.:
Says that "the state spends more money on tax giveaways than it receives in tax collection."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 10, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 26, 2012 an interview:
Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 2, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on November 10, 2012 a speech.:
Says the state is required "pick up 70 percent of the cost" of K-12 education.
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 30, 2012
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on November 16, 2012 a press release:
Says Gov. Scott Walker has "led people to believe that if Wisconsin doesn’t implement a (health-care) exchange, Obamacare doesn’t happen here."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 25, 2012
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 8, 2012 an interview:
When it comes to income taxes, Wisconsin is "one of the best places in the country to be poor" but "top 4 or 5 worst" for middle-income earners.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on October 25, 2012 an election flier :
Says Mike Dovilla supports a plan "that could allow a foreign corporation to take over the Ohio Turnpike" 
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • November 12, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 an article for Time magazine.:
Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
True
By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 30, 2012 East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.:
"We’re talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced" state "budget."
Half-True
By David Barer • October 29, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 debate comments:
Says when he was governor, "most of the Democrats" voted for his billion-dollar property-tax cuts, but U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin "voted against it."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2012
Diane Hurley
Diane Hurley
stated on October 14, 2012 an interview on "10 News Conference":
"Connecticut's take on slot machines is 25 cents on the dollar. And the state's take on table games:  zero."
True
By John Hill • October 25, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 8, 2012 a TV ad.:
"As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 24, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 28, 2012 a post on her website.:
Says "as Co-Chair of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, I secured the key piece of funding for" the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project bridge."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 15, 2012
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
stated on October 5, 2012 a TV commercial:
"By voting to approve [Question 1], we can . . . save 900 jobs" at Twin River.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2012
Ovide Lamontagne
Ovide Lamontagne
stated on September 27, 2012 a debate at Rivier University:
Under Maggie Hassan's leadership, "we increased state spending in the middle of the great recession by 24 percent leading up to and following it."
Half-True
By Kevin Landrigan • October 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 a Web ad:
"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on September 23, 2012 a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2012
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