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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Florida News Flash
Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 a website headline
"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2015 interviews with reporters
On expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Full Flop
By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2015
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 a Florida House judiciary committee hearing
"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."
False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on March 26, 2015 a discussion about school uniforms
A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 a Senate floor speech
"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 13, 2015 a business roundtable in New Hampshire
Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on March 23, 2015 a statement on a website
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy "voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2015
SeaWorld
SeaWorld
stated on March 24, 2015 an ad
"Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on March 10, 2015 a news release
Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2015
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
stated on March 16, 2015 Florida Senate higher education committee hearing
"According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2015
Susan Pitman
Susan Pitman
stated on March 16, 2015 a state Senate committee hearing
The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 18, 2015
H. Marlene O'Toole
H. Marlene O'Toole
stated on March 12, 2015 House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing
The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2015
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 4, 2015 an online post
"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2015
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 10, 2015 a Senate health policy committee hearing
Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 a CPAC appearance
Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on February 26, 2015 a speech on the U.S. House floor
A federal judge said President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is "unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 5, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the Florida State of the State address
"The average person only pays about $1,800 in state taxes — which is the lowest of all 50 states."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address
"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address
Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
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