Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 State of the State address

Since Gov. Nathan Deal office in 2011, the state’s rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.

By Nancy Badertscher • January 27, 2015

Virginia Education Association
stated on January 2, 2015 a web post.

State "school funding per pupil is down 16 percent compared to 2009, after adjusting for inflation."

By Warren Fiske • January 12, 2015

Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post

Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."

By Nancy Madsen • December 22, 2014

Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 14, 2014 a newspaper interview

Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country."

By Katie Mulvaney • November 30, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on September 15, 2014 candidate forum

The state’s overall revenues only returned this year to 2007 levels.

By Nancy Badertscher • October 8, 2014

Jeff Amason
stated on September 1, 2014 interview on The Monica Perez Show, WSB

"The state budget has increased almost $800 million a year in each of the last two years."

By Nancy Badertscher • September 22, 2014

Mike Collier
stated on August 8, 2014 a video ad

Opponent Glenn Hegar expressed pride in legislated cuts to public school funding.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014

George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 statement

Uncompensated care has "gone down by 30 percent just in the first few months" of Medicaid expansion in the states that adopted it.

By Nancy Madsen • August 10, 2014

Democratic National Committee
stated on May 29, 2014 an email blast

Rick Perry doesn’t think there should be a federal minimum wage.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014

Greg Morris
stated on March 13, 2014 an article

You can buy lobster with food stamps.

By Eric Stirgus • March 21, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on February 26, 2014 a speech

Georgia has saved $20 million through changes in criminal sentencing.

By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2014

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."

By Eric Stirgus • March 4, 2014

Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 a speech

"Georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union."

By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014

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."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2014

William Howell
stated on January 5, 2014 an op-ed.

In Virginia, "Medicaid has grown by 1,600 percent in the last 30 years."

By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2014

Chris Christie
stated on November 2, 2013 a response to a public school teacher

"In fact, there’s more state funding for education today than any other time."

By Caryn Shinske • November 10, 2013

Deadspin
stated on August 13, 2013 a website

The highest paid employee of the State of Rhode Island is a basketball coach.

By Gregory Smith • September 29, 2013

New Jersey Education Association
stated on September 3, 2013 a video ad

"Trenton politicians cut $1.3 billion from education."

By Caryn Shinske • September 8, 2013

Jay Nixon
stated on August 27, 2013 a radio advertisement

Says that "unlike Texas, Missouri has a perfect AAA credit rating."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013

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."

By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2013

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