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Timothy Sheehy
Timothy Sheehy
stated on April 10, 2015 an interview:
A 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena would "be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country."  
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By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2015
John Taylor
John Taylor
stated on April 24, 2015 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 7, 2015
Texas Organizing Project
Texas Organizing Project
stated on March 5, 2015 a press release:
"The unemployment rate among blacks in Texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in Texas since 2000."
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By Alex Wilts • April 23, 2015
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:
"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 a news conference:
"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’
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By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015
Steven Frias
Steven Frias
stated on February 24, 2015 a newspaper commentary:
"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 a speech:
Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."  
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By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 the governor's State of the State address:
"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."
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By April Hunt • February 3, 2015
Keith Parker
Keith Parker
stated on January 21, 2015 a Twitter post:
Only "18 percent of jobs are accessible by transit for metro Atlanta residents. 33 percent for those living in the city."
True
By April Hunt • January 28, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address:
The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Wayne. Mich.:
Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015
Mark Drewniak
Mark Drewniak
stated on January 6, 2015 in a press interview:
Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters.  
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • January 14, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on November 9, 2014 an interview:
Wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 28, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 a fundraising letter:
"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 a TV debate:
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
True
By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 14, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Rick Scott changed his promise from 700,000 jobs created "on top of what normal growth would be" to just 700,000 jobs.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on September 15, 2014 candidate forum:
The state’s overall revenues only returned this year to 2007 levels.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • October 8, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI debate:
"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 a TV interview:
"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."
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By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014
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