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Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on October 1, 2015 a tweet:
"71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."
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By Sarah Hauer • November 18, 2015
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on August 20, 2015 comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune:
"Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent."    
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By Adam Aton • October 23, 2015
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on September 16, 2015 a tweet:
A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening."
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By James B. Nelson • September 25, 2015
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 12, 2015 a post on Twitter:
Missouri is "#1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities."
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By Arthur Cook • September 24, 2015
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on August 31, 2015 a radio interview:
The University of Wisconsin System  "is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin."
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By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:
Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2015
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 TV ad:
Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."   
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By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:
"I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 8, 2015 an opinion piece:
"Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history."
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By Lucas Daprile • July 31, 2015
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on June 25, 2015 a press release:
Texas has "the nation's highest rate and highest number of uninsured."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 1, 2015
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on May 27, 2015 a news conference:
The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."  
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By Mark Reynolds • June 7, 2015
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on April 15, 2015 a press release:
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- "and millions of dollars’ worth of mistakes" that were corrected with a follow-up document.
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By James B. Nelson • June 1, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 9, 2015 a speech:
"For our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million."
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 26, 2015
Debbie Mayfield
Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 a tweet:
"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."
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By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015
Steve Crisafulli
Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 28, 2015 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times:
"If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 30, 2015
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on March 31, 2015 a Twitter post:
The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
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By April Hunt • April 27, 2015
US Uncut
US Uncut
stated on March 31, 2015 a Facebook post:
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "provides zero state funding for homeless shelters."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015
Trebor Banstetter
Trebor Banstetter
stated on March 1, 2015 a newspaper article:
 Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 31, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview:
"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on March 12, 2015 a televised interview:
"The average faculty member at UW-Madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year" in grant money.
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 23, 2015
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