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Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 in 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.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on June 26, 2013 in a state Senate budget hearing:
Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget
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By Caryn Shinske • July 7, 2013
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on June 7, 2013 in an appearance on WPRO.:
"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 25, 2013 in a press release:
Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas.
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By Sue Owen • June 12, 2013
Texas State Employees Union
Texas State Employees Union
stated on April 1, 2013 in an organization web page.:
"Most state employees did not receive any pay raise from 2009 to 2012."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 29, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 in 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."
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By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
Jackie Dingfelder
Jackie Dingfelder
stated on March 4, 2013 in a floor speech:
Says, "I-205, six miles of which runs through my district, already carries more traffic than I-5."
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By Christian Gaston • March 12, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 in 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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 in a speech.:
"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 19, 2013
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
stated on January 24, 2013 in a newspaper interview:
Says state workers have not had across-the-board raises in six years.
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By Katie Sanders • January 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 in a speech:
Since taking office in January 2011, "the ‘rainy day’ fund has increased by 226 percent."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 in a twitter post:
"Spending of government money is 17 percent less than it was a decade ago."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
David Toscano
David Toscano
stated on January 9, 2013 in a speech.:
Virginia "spends less per student today than we did in 2008."  
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By Nancy Madsen • January 21, 2013
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 in 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."
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By Janie Har • January 18, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 16, 2013 in 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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2012 in a speech:
"Our pension system is the only one in the country that’s 100 percent funded."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 6, 2013
Kevin Reilly
Kevin Reilly
stated on December 7, 2012 in public remarks:
"Faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average."
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 26, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 in 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."
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By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012
Diane Hurley
Diane Hurley
stated on October 14, 2012 in 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."
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By John Hill • October 25, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 28, 2012 in 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."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 15, 2012
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