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stated on May 10, 2013 an interview
A state report’s "projection is that approximately half of public employees" would live outside municipal boundaries in a decade if the state bans local residency requirements.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 19, 2013
Ron Maag
Ron Maag
stated on May 1, 2013 news report
Employees in "workplace freedom" states make more money
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 7, 2013
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on February 18, 2013 a radio interview
"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 3, 2013
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on January 29, 2013 a Tweet
Says "Did you know that the #KeystoneXL project is expected to create 20,000 American jobs, including more than 800 in Oregon?"
Mostly False
By Charles Pope • February 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 a blog post on RedState.com
"Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 a blog post on RedState.com
The United States does "not have a system through which growers and dairies can bring a workforce legally into the U.S."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Brian Patrick Kennedy
stated on February 6, 2013 a news release
Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 17, 2013
Robert Singer
Robert Singer
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor
"More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 13, 2012
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
stated on October 5, 2012 a TV commercial
"By voting to approve [Question 1], we can . . . save 900 jobs" at Twin River.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.
The state government workforce grew when Tim Kaine was governor.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • August 27, 2012
Marty Beil
Marty Beil
stated on July 19, 2012 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker "raises the pay of inmates, but we don't raise the pay of staff in our correctional institutions."
Mostly False
August 19, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 17, 2012 a news release
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 10, 2012 an interview
The Wisconsin law repealed by Republicans, which allowed discriminated workers to sue in state court, "was kind of a gravy train" for lawyers.
Mostly False
April 28, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on April 12, 2012 a questionnaire
Says "my advocacy questioning contracting out in Parks … delayed and altered the renewal of the Brooks contract, and reduced the number of contracted employees in Parks from over 100 to fewer than 40."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 a news release
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
March 12, 2012
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 a radio talk show
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference
"The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because … twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 12, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 12, 2011
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