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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
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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