Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House

Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013

Barbara Buono
stated on June 26, 2013 a state Senate budget hearing

Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget

By Caryn Shinske • July 7, 2013

John Loughlin
stated on June 7, 2013 an appearance on WPRO.

"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on June 25, 2013 a press release

Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas.

By Sue Owen • June 12, 2013

Texas State Employees Union
stated on April 1, 2013 an organization web page.

"Most state employees did not receive any pay raise from 2009 to 2012."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 29, 2013

John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 a television interview

"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."

By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013

Jackie Dingfelder
stated on March 4, 2013 a floor speech

Says, "I-205, six miles of which runs through my district, already carries more traffic than I-5."

By Christian Gaston • March 12, 2013

Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference

Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013

Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 a speech.

"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."

By Nancy Madsen • February 19, 2013

Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
stated on January 24, 2013 a newspaper interview

Says state workers have not had across-the-board raises in six years.

By Katie Sanders • January 29, 2013

Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a speech

Since taking office in January 2011, "the ‘rainy day’ fund has increased by 226 percent."

By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013

Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a twitter post

"Spending of government money is 17 percent less than it was a decade ago."

By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013

David Toscano
stated on January 9, 2013 a speech.

Virginia "spends less per student today than we did in 2008."

By Nancy Madsen • January 21, 2013

John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 in State of the State speech

"It costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school; it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison."

By Janie Har • January 18, 2013

Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 16, 2013 his State of the State address

The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2012 a speech

"Our pension system is the only one in the country that’s 100 percent funded."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 6, 2013

Kevin Reilly
stated on December 7, 2012 public remarks

"Faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 26, 2012

Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 an article for Time magazine.

Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."

By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012

Diane Hurley
stated on October 14, 2012 an interview on "10 News Conference"

"Connecticut's take on slot machines is 25 cents on the dollar. And the state's take on table games: zero."

By John Hill • October 25, 2012

Mary Nolan
stated on September 28, 2012 a post on her website.

Says "as Co-Chair of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, I secured the key piece of funding for" the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project bridge."

By Ian K. Kullgren • October 15, 2012

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