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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 19, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor.
Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 19, 2012
Texas secession petition
Texas secession petition
stated on November 9, 2012 the White House's "We the People" petition web site
Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
True
By Sue Owen • December 18, 2012
Thomas Ratliff
Thomas Ratliff
stated on December 10, 2012 an opinion column.
Says Massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and Finland just one.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 17, 2012
Sherry Sylvester
Sherry Sylvester
stated on December 2, 2012 an opinion column.
Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 14, 2012
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
stated on November 8, 2012 a Dallas Morning News blog post
Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • December 12, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 27, 2012 a chain email.
Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012
Todd Hunter
Todd Hunter
stated on November 26, 2012 a Texas Tribune interview.
Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 6, 2012
Dan Micciche
Dan Micciche
stated on November 4, 2012 an opinion article in the Dallas Morning News.
"The poverty level in" the Dallas school district "is one of the highest in the country, higher than New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Newark."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2012
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on November 19, 2012 an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 30, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 19, 2012 a tweet
Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.
True
By Sue Owen • November 28, 2012
Joseph
Joseph "Joe" Deshotel
stated on November 13, 2012 a press release.
"There is no evidence that poor people abuse drugs more frequently than any other socio-economic group."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2012
Tom Craddick
Tom Craddick
stated on November 12, 2012 a press release.
Says about 25 Texas cities and 39 states have banned texting while driving.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 21, 2012
County Line
County Line
stated on November 2, 2012 an open letter to employees.
Says that under the new healthcare law, full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2012
Terral Smith
Terral Smith
stated on September 9, 2012 an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman
Says 40 years ago, the U.S. placed Texas under Voting Rights Act for failing to print ballots in Spanish.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 16, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 a Texas Tribune interview.
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on October 21, 2012 an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.
"Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2012
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012
Tere McCann
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 30, 2012 East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.
"We’re talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced" state "budget."
Half-True
By David Barer • October 29, 2012
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