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Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on May 22, 2013 a telephone conference call with reporters.
Says El Paso is the "safest city of our size in the nation."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2013
Bill Ratliff
Bill Ratliff
stated on May 16, 2013 an interview with Texas Monthly magazine.
"We have one charter school that for seven years has been rated unacceptable."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2013
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on May 6, 2013 an Austin American-Statesman news story
Says only 25 percent of Texas high school students graduate prepared for college or careers.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 24, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 6, 2013 video remarks to the Family Research Council
Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 22, 2013
Robert Deuell
Robert Deuell
stated on May 13, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.
Says it's "estimated that 300 babies a year are sent home from the hospital with an unrecognized congenital heart defect; it is the most common birth defect in America."                   
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 21, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 17, 2013 an opinion column.
Says Texas high school graduates must pass Algebra II to be eligible for automatic admission to state's public universities.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 9, 2013 a speech in Manor, Texas.
Says that according to a report, "the tech sector now drives more than one-quarter of Austin’s economy."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on May 5, 2013 an opinion column.
Says nearly 1 million people are "coming to town" in the next 20 years.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 16, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 4, 2013 his weekly radio address.
Says "we" have put more boots on the U.S.-Mexico border "than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 27, 2013 remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin
Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.
True
By Sue Owen • May 10, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on May 8, 2013 an email blast.
"The economy added more jobs during four years under Obama than it did in the entire eight years under George W. Bush."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 9, 2013 an advertisement
"Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net new jobs nationwide."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
Jim Marston
Jim Marston
stated on April 22, 2013 a Texas Tribune interview
Says Texas leads the nation in fatal industrial accidents.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 8, 2013
Fix Austin Schools
Fix Austin Schools
stated on May 4, 2013 a leaflet.
Says that under Rick Perry’s plan, "Texas has cut funding for public schools by 25%."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 1, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.
Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013
George Lavender
George Lavender
stated on April 29, 2013 in Texas House of Representatives debate
Says state’s mandated tests come from an English company.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • May 6, 2013
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
stated on April 28, 2013 a Voters Guide.
Says proponents of a bond package for the Austin school district say the district has the second-lowest bond tax rate "among the Central Texas area school districts."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2013
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
stated on April 28, 2013 a voters guide.
Says opponents of proposed Austin school district bonds say the district’s "debt load doubles with these new bonds."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2013
Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview.
"Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2013
Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman
stated on April 25, 2013 a column on an editorial cartoon.
Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2013
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