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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Craig James
Craig James
stated on January 3, 2012 an online video ad.:
Says Rick Perry cut taxes.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address:
"My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 10, 2012
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on November 30, 2011 a television ad:
Scott Walker’s school-aid cuts were so devastating that students are without chairs and a government survey found 47 kids in a classroom.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 23, 2011
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on November 25, 2011 a news story:
"Rhode Island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 14, 2011
Jay Webber
Jay Webber
stated on November 28, 2011 an NJToday interview:
Says "our unemployment insurance trust fund is broke. We're over a billion dollars in debt to the federal government."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 11, 2011
Oregon Transformation Project
Oregon Transformation Project
stated on November 15, 2011 online post:
Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 2, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on November 21, 2011 a column on bluejersey.com:
"(Chris Christie) has not paid one dollar of state money into our pension system, and then states that the system is broke."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 2, 2011
Lisa Baldelli-Hunt
Lisa Baldelli-Hunt
stated on November 17, 2011 a General Assembly debate on pension overhaul:
"Eighty-five percent . . . of Rhode Island tax returns that were filed for the year 2010 . . . were from individuals who earned $30,000 or less."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 1, 2011
Wisconsin Education Association Council
Wisconsin Education Association Council
stated on November 15, 2011 a news release:
State budget cuts for local schools resulted in "nearly 4,000 educator layoffs"
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 28, 2011
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on November 15, 2011 a statement:
On advancing state money for a Formula One race
Full Flop
By Sue Owen • November 28, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 15, 2011 a radio interview:
"The overwhelming number" of school districts reported their staff stayed the same or grew after the 2011-’13 state budget  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2011
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on November 15, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "slashed" pensions and benefits for public employees.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2011
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on November 15, 2011 a video:
A recall election for Wisconsin governor would cost "$7.7 million -- $7.7 million that may already be allocated to merit raises for teachers or health care for the poor or school books for your kids."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 remarks at a campaign stop October 1, 2011, in New Hampshire:
"I have sent over $400 million to the border of Mexico in the form of Texas Ranger recon teams."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Philip Keefe
Philip Keefe
stated on November 13, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference:
"If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 18, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 a television ad:
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 2011
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
stated on October 30, 2011 a video posted on YouTube:
"You’re paying for...(state Sen. Diane Allen’s) health care, and she took yours away."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • November 7, 2011
Paul Valletta
Paul Valletta
stated on October 27, 2011 testimony at a General Assembly pension hearing:
Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo "raised the mortality rate from 65 to 87" and "used a 1994 annuity chart" to create the pension crisis.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 6, 2011
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 18, 2011 a speech:
"New Jersey alone, my home state, is facing a ten-and-a-half billion dollar shortfall in its 2012 fiscal budget. This means more cuts in state and local spending for education, which means our kids are hurt."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 3, 2011
Helen Glover
Helen Glover
stated on October 24, 2011 an introduction to a radio interview:
"The State of Rhode Island has the worst state-funded pension in the country."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2011
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