Fact Check Posts – Page 4

John Padgett
stated on August 12, 2014 in press release:

Jason Carter backed three of Nathan Deal’s budgets but accuses the governor of "underfunding education."

By Nancy Badertscher • August 20, 2014

Kasim Reed
stated on July 29, 2014 in press conference:

"The minimum number of infrastructure (needs) in Atlanta is $900 million."

By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2014

Brian Kemp
stated on May 19, 2014 in statement:

"The numbers make it clear that Georgia voters are increasingly taking advantage of early voting opportunities."

By Nancy Badertscher • June 4, 2014

Don Balfour
stated on April 15, 2014 in campaign flier:

"I am the only senator who turned down the state pension plan for part-time legislators."

By Nancy Badertscher • April 28, 2014

Meria Carstarphen
stated on March 27, 2014 in press release:

The Austin Independent School District’s graduation rate reached an all-time high of 82.5 percent in 2012.

By Nancy Badertscher • April 2, 2014

Edward Lindsey
stated on March 20, 2014 in press release:

Georgia has recovered more than $60 million that was lost to Medicaid fraud

By Nancy Badertscher • March 28, 2014

Greg Morris
stated on March 13, 2014 in an article:

You can buy lobster with food stamps.

By Eric Stirgus • March 21, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on February 26, 2014 in 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 in 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

Jason Carter
stated on February 18, 2014 in press statement:

"Since 2009, Georgia's public schools have lost nearly 9,000 classroom teachers while the number of students has gone up."

By Nancy Badertscher • February 21, 2014

Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 in a speech:

The annual gross domestic product of metro Atlanta is "bigger than 28 states in the union."

By Eric Stirgus • February 18, 2014

Hugh Thompson
stated on February 5, 2014 in State of the Judiciary address:

"Six of Georgia’s counties have no lawyers at all."

By Nancy Badertscher • February 10, 2014

Nan Orrock
stated on January 22, 2014 in television interview:

Florida shelled out more money for drug testing than it saved by denying welfare benefits to people who tested positive for drugs.

By Nancy Badertscher • February 4, 2014

Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 in a speech:

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

By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014

Jason Carter
stated on January 15, 2014 in a speech:

The average Georgia family makes $6,000 less than the average family did 10 years ago when inflation is factored in.

By Nancy Badertscher • January 23, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 in a speech:

"(M)ore Georgians have jobs than at any other time since October 2008."

By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 21, 2014

Atlanta Police Foundation
stated on December 17, 2013 in flier to supporters:

"Crime in Atlanta is down 18 percent since 2009."

By Nancy Badertscher • January 10, 2014

Kimberly Nelson
stated on December 3, 2013 in a meeting:

"The commission form of government is definitely losing favor in the United States."

By Eric Stirgus • December 31, 2013

Allan Levene
stated on November 2, 2013 in an article:

Says there’s no language in the U.S. Constitution that prevents someone from running for Congress simultaneously in multiple states.

By Eric Stirgus • November 20, 2013

Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 16, 2013 in an article:

"I have returned money every year since taking office."

By Eric Stirgus • November 15, 2013

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