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Latest Fact-Checks By Sue Owen

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 17, 2013 a press release
Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 31, 2013
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on May 6, 2013 an Austin American-Statesman news story
Says only 25 percent of Texas high school students graduate prepared for college or careers.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 24, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 6, 2013 video remarks to the Family Research Council
Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 22, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 27, 2013 remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin
Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.
True
By Sue Owen • May 10, 2013
Jim Marston
Jim Marston
stated on April 22, 2013 a Texas Tribune interview
Says Texas leads the nation in fatal industrial accidents.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 8, 2013
George Lavender
George Lavender
stated on April 29, 2013 in Texas House of Representatives debate
Says state’s mandated tests come from an English company.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • May 6, 2013
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on April 15, 2013 a press conference with Gov. Rick Perry, April 15, 2013
Says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 26, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2013 a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013
Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 8, 2013 in an appearance on Mark Davis’ KSKY-AM radio show
Says Texas "school systems" lose 45 days a year on testing.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • April 17, 2013
Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam
stated on March 4, 2013 a press release
Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."
False
By Sue Owen • April 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Drew Springer
Drew Springer
stated on March 5, 2013 a press release
Says bag litter increased after San Francisco banned single-use shopping bags.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • March 20, 2013
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on February 22, 2013 a tweet
Says president is ‘spending $2.2 billion to give away "ObamaPhones." ’
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • March 15, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 21, 2013 Senate Education Committee hearing
Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2013
Mallard Fillmore
Mallard Fillmore
stated on February 9, 2013 a syndicated cartoon
Comic strip says government study shows Head Start "has little or no impact on the children it’s supposed to help."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2013
Pete Winstead
Pete Winstead
stated on February 6, 2013 a KUT-FM news story
Says Austin is the largest city in the U.S. without nonstop flights to Europe.
False
By Sue Owen • February 19, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial
Says Texas is last in workers' compensation coverage.
True
By Sue Owen • February 14, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on February 5, 2013
Says Austin trains are "full" at rush hour and "packed" for special events.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 9, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial
Says Texas is "last in mental health expenditures."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 8, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2013 an interview on PBS
Says "the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception … have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates."
False
By Sue Owen • February 1, 2013
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