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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
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
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
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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