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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 1, 2011 the State of the State speech
Most state employees could pay twice as much toward their health care premiums and it would still be half the national average
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 8, 2011
Dave Hunt
Dave Hunt
stated on December 23, 2010 an e-mail
Says "every school will be negatively impacted" if Education Stability Fund is not tapped.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 7, 2011
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on January 6, 2011 a radio interview
"Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 6, 2011
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on January 4, 2011 an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM
Says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important "so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today – in the 70 to 80 percent range."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Naymik • February 5, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 31, 2011 a radio ad.
Congressman Robert Hurt has a plan to cut education by 40 percent.
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Geiger • February 4, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters and editors
"All the money the Department of Citrus has is paid for by the citrus growers. You don't save dollars by eliminating the Department of Citrus."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 4, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 2, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 25, 2011 an e-mail
Says his state budget will "provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 2, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 20, 2011 a chain email and -- briefly -- a union web site
Gov. Scott Walker hired convicted Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen to oversee a raid on the state employee retirement system to help balance the state budget.
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • January 21, 2011
Jay Hottinger
Jay Hottinger
stated on January 11, 2011 a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives
"Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death."
False
By Tom Feran • January 21, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 7, 2011 a news conference
On whether the state should privatize the Ohio Turnpike.
No Flip
By Tom Feran • January 19, 2011
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on December 29, 2010 a news release
"Recent studies have confirmed that any academic benefits of government funded preschool disappear by the fourth grade."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 16, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on January 12, 2011 comments to reporters.
"Whether you like to admit it or not, half our general revenue goes to education."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 14, 2011
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on December 8, 2010 a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio taxpayers spent more than $67 million "for the year" on food stamps and Medicaid for Wal-Mart workers
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • January 12, 2011
Talmadge Heflin
Talmadge Heflin
stated on January 10, 2011 a blog post.
Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall "are flat-out false."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2011
Jim Doyle
Jim Doyle
stated on December 19, 2010 a television interview
Says he "had to impose tougher cost controls on state employees than" any previous Wisconsin governor.
Mostly True
January 11, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 7, 2010 a luncheon speech at the Milwaukee Press Club
The state is able to sharply curtail contract bargaining rights for state employee unions.
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • January 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 19, 2010 an interview
Says the state's Medicaid waiver proposal "has languished in a file cabinet at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for more than two years."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 6, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on December 1, 2010 an op-ed
"All but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions."
Half-True
December 25, 2010
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