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Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial
Says Texas is "last in mental health expenditures."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 8, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas ranks first in executions among the states.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 8, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 8, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 30, 2013 a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
Says the claim that 40 percent of guns are sold without background checks traces to information gathered before background checks were even required.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 4, 2013
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Texas Federation of Republican Women
stated on January 17, 2013 an approved resolution.
Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2013 an interview on PBS
Says "the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception … have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates."
False
By Sue Owen • February 1, 2013
Thomas Lindsay
Thomas Lindsay
stated on January 12, 2013 an opinion column.
"Approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are A's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 a tweet
Says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.
True
By Sue Owen • January 30, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 7, 2013 a Facebook post.
"The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2013
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview with The Associated Press.
Says Texas will be "majority Hispanic in six years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on December 13, 2012 an Austin City Council meeting.
Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2013 a press conference.
Says Texas public school funding grew three times the rate of enrollment from 2002 to 2012.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on December 31, 2012 an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman
Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.
True
By Sue Owen • January 15, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 21, 2012 an email sent to PolitiFact Texas
Says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • January 11, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 8, 2013 a Twitter post.
Says Texas is "dead last in support for mental health."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2013
Texas Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
stated on December 7, 2012 a Twitter post.
Says 31 percent of Texas physicians accept all new Medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2013
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst
stated on September 23, 2012 a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.
Says that according to "many reports and even our own data," the state of Texas spent more through Medicaid on orthodontia than all other states combined.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 4, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on December 16, 2012 an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’
Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.
False
By Sue Owen • January 3, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on November 29, 2012 remarks to the Dallas Regional Chamber
Says that under Texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.
False
By Sue Owen • January 1, 2013
Larry Kilgore
Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 a New York Times news story
Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.
False
By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012
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