Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2018 a tweet

"The state is set to recapture an additional $500 million in Robin Hood payments from taxpayers and not one penny of it will go to public education in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 5, 2018 a news release

California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."

By Chris Nichols • March 8, 2018

Dan Patrick
stated on January 16, 2018 a campaign video

"Last year, I proposed directing more of the education budget to teacher salaries, a move that would have resulted in an average $10,000 raise for teachers."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2018

Scott Milder
stated on February 6, 2018 a statement posted on Milder's campaign website

"In the 1980s, the state funded 68% of school expenses, and now the state’s share is 38%."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 16, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2018 a speech

"We invested" in our transportation system "$24 billion over eight years. That’s $3 billion more than what former Governor Jim Doyle spent on transportation over the same period of time."

February 6, 2018

Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board

"I have introduced balanced budgets every year that I’ve been governor."

By Brett Chase, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on December 18, 2017 a tweet

"Road projects across the state are staying on track or getting done sooner thanks to the good work of the team at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation."

By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2018

Jerry Brown
stated on January 25, 2018 a State of the State Address

California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."

By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2018

Delaine Eastin
stated on January 13, 2018 a town hall

California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.

By Chris Nichols • January 17, 2018

Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 a candidates forum

In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.

January 12, 2018

Parker Briden
stated on November 13, 2017 a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article

"We've seen funding increases for schools. We haven't seen a corresponding performance increase."

By Katelyn Brown • December 26, 2017

Travis Allen
stated on June 15, 2017 a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article

"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."

By Chris Nichols • December 15, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on December 4, 2017 a press conference

"The candidates controlled by Madigan, all of them have said, ‘The answer to our problems is a massive income tax hike.’ "

By Matt Dietrich • December 14, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on November 9, 2017 a Tampa news conference

"We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs."

By Allison Graves • November 21, 2017

Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 an email blast

"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017

John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 a Capital Public Radio interview

Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.

By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017

Delaine Eastin
stated on October 16, 2017 an interview on Capital Public Radio

Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."

By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017

John Cox
stated on October 19, 2017 a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.

"It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation."

By Chris Nichols • November 1, 2017

Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
stated on October 5, 2017 an op-ed in the "Tulsa World"

"State government spending is at an all-time high. The state is on track to spend more in this fiscal year — more than $17.9 billion — than at any time in state history."

By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on September 20, 2017 a newspaper article

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."

By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017

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