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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 a speech
"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate
"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."  
Mostly True
By Bill Adair, Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2014
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
stated on September 25, 2014 a news conference
Data on violent crime shows Wisconsin "has become less safe than it was when Scott Walker took office." 
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2014
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on September 26, 2014 a news release
Scott Walker was elected governor on a promise not to take campaign contributions "from the date of his inauguration until the signing of the state budget," but broke it by taking nearly $5.6 million.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 an interview
Under Scott Walker, "right now, we’re 46th in the country in terms of new businesses started."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 11, 2014 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker cut "taxes for the wealthiest" and raised taxes "on 140,000 Wisconsin families."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 25, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 a TV ad
Says opponent Mary Burke says she "supports Obamacare unequivocally and wants to expand it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview
Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 19, 2014
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on September 2, 2014 an interview
Says Glenn Grothman pushed through state tax credits that when phased in, "someone that owns a factory that produces millions in income" will pay "less tax than their nephew would if he worked full time at Taco Bell for minimum wage."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2014
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 8, 2014 a news release
"Over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual Wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2014
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on September 8, 2014 a news release
"Wisconsin does not have a deficit. Thanks to Republican reforms, the 2014 budget will begin with a $443 million surplus."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 28, 2014 a TV ad
"Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • September 7, 2014
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
stated on August 31, 2014 a direct-mail piece
"Scott Walker has given a $10,000 tax deduction to millionaires who send their kids to exclusive private schools."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2014
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 20, 2014 an interview
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on August 15, 2014 an interview
Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 13, 2014 a TV ad
Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on August 11, 2014 a news article
Wisconsin is "38th in the country in terms of proficiency standards" in student testing.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 22, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2014 a news article
Says his "Act 10 reforms" have "saved the taxpayers some $3 billion."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview
Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014
Joe Leibham
Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 a news release
Says Common Core is a federal mandate.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2014
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