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Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on February 5, 2013 a Twitter post
"What concerns me is there is only two sentences that have been written about minority business."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • February 22, 2013
Sarah Eckhardt
Sarah Eckhardt
stated on February 18, 2013 an email blast.
Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013
Dave Joyce
Dave Joyce
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview
"There are 3 million jobs that go vacant each month in this country."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • February 19, 2013
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on January 23, 2013 testimony to the Legislature
Wisconsin’s laws "ranked the worst in the world for mining investment."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • February 15, 2013
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 2, 2013 a campaign rally
"We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 14, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 the Republican response to the State of the Union Address
"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a twitter post
"Since last year’s address, more than 10,000 jobs created -- many on the high end of the employment scale."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
A Republican-sponsored Wisconsin mining bill "will take at least seven years to create jobs."  
Mostly False
January 27, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on January 8, 2013 a radio interview
Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • January 27, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on January 20, 2013 his Fox News show
Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 21, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 State of the State address
"In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010."
True
By Caryn Shinske • January 20, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."
Half-True
January 19, 2013
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on December 3, 2012 a blog post
"Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."
False
By James B. Nelson • December 17, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 12, 2012 a speech
Wisconsin has created "just under 100,000" jobs since he took office.  
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • December 16, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on December 4, 2012 a press conference in Trenton
"Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • December 16, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 a news conference
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • December 14, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 9, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on December 3, 2012 a speech.
Says that in 2011, Oregon had "the second fastest growing economy in the nation."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 5, 2012
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