Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Friends of Miami First
Friends of Miami First
stated on April 23, 2013 a mailer
The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."
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By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2013
Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman
stated on March 26, 2013 a speech
Says state Senate leaders have accepted $142,400 in campaign contributions from dentists and pharmacists during the past two years.
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By Eric Stirgus • May 1, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 a statement on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program
"If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. She’s the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that I had to fix. Her mistakes. And for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. Her mistakes, along with her partner Jon Corzine."
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By Caryn Shinske • April 28, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on March 30, 2013 in a news release
"The vast majority of our public school students are receiving less state support than their private voucher peers."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 10, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 22, 2013 a news release
Says that even if his budget is adopted, private schools in the choice program would be getting about half the per-pupil funds that public schools receive
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 7, 2013
Jeff Tittel
Jeff Tittel
stated on March 2, 2013 an op-ed column on NJ.com
"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."
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By Caryn Shinske • March 17, 2013
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on February 19, 2013 a news release
Under Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal, "the top one percent in Ohio will pay $10,000 less in income tax each year, but Ohio’s working and middle class families will pay more."
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By Brandon Blackwell • March 7, 2013
EmpowerED Georgia
EmpowerED Georgia
stated on January 7, 2013 a chart
State support for local schools per pupil has decreased by at least 25 percent over the past decade.
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By Eric Stirgus • February 12, 2013
Steve Henson
Steve Henson
stated on January 15, 2013 a press release
"State revenue projections have missed the mark month after month."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 30, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 4, 2013 a tweet
"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 20, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 a State of the State address
Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit."
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By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on December 11, 2012 a video advertisement
"I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."
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By Caryn Shinske • December 20, 2012
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on December 3, 2012 a news release
Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy."
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December 12, 2012
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on December 6, 2012 a press release
The increase in the current state budget was greater than the inflation rate and the rate of population growth in Georgia.
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By Eric Stirgus • December 12, 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."
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By David Barer • October 29, 2012
Ovide Lamontagne
Ovide Lamontagne
stated on September 27, 2012 a debate at Rivier University
Under Maggie Hassan's leadership, "we increased state spending in the middle of the great recession by 24 percent leading up to and following it."
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By Kevin Landrigan • October 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 a Web ad
"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."
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By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
In Massachusetts under Mitt Romney, "unemployment went down, household incomes went up," and the state "saw its credit rating upgraded."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
Says they said "it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it."
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By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2012
Fran Millar
Fran Millar
stated on July 25, 2012 an article
"We have reduced funding for education the least. They've suffered the least cuts."
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By Eric Stirgus • August 8, 2012
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