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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Ron Book
Ron Book
stated on March 6, 2013 a state legislative committee hearing:
"Super Bowl L by everybody's estimation is a $500 million economic impact to the state of Florida."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 14, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 5, 2013 remarks on first day of session:
The Legislature needs to spend $500 million to "shore up" the pension fund this year and the next 28 years to keep it "afloat."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 11, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 5, 2013 a speech:
Florida is "second in the nation in the uninsured."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 a State of the State speech:
"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 his State of the State speech:
A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 a memo 'pre-butting' the State of the State address:
Says Gov. Rick Scott cut more government jobs than were created in the private sector in Florida in 2012.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 a press release:
Says Rick Scott called education not a "core function" of the state.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 his State of the State address:
Says his proposed education spending "is the highest state funding level in Florida history."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 5, 2013
Jeffrey Loria
Jeffrey Loria
stated on February 24, 2013 an ad:
The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
stated on February 19, 2013 a committee hearing on domestic partnerships:
"In other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • February 22, 2013
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on February 17, 2013 an interview:
"The group that supported the president’s health care bill the most? Latinos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 a blog post on RedState.com:
"Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 a blog post on RedState.com:
The United States does "not have a system through which growers and dairies can bring a workforce legally into the U.S."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 GOP response to Obama's State of the Union:
"I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 14, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 the Republican response to the State of the Union Address:
"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on January 30, 2013 a news conference:
Florida has "the second-lowest (campaign) contribution limit in the entire country."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 31, 2013 a news conference:
Says his budget provides "the highest state funding level in history" for education.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2013
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
stated on January 24, 2013 a newspaper interview:
Says state workers have not had across-the-board raises in six years.
True
By Katie Sanders • January 29, 2013
Mike Ryan
Mike Ryan
stated on January 14, 2013 a column in a political blog:
People committed involuntarily for 72 hours under the Baker Act will get their guns back "automatically and immediately upon discharge....and their commitment is never entered into a background check database."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2013
Pink Slip Rick
Pink Slip Rick
stated on January 17, 2013 social media posts:
Says Rick Scott’s proposal for election reform "only mandates 48 hours of early voting."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 22, 2013
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