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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 1, 2013 a speech
"We’re second only to Boston in college students per capita."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2013
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview
"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Mostly False
October 24, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on October 3, 2013 a radio interview
Common Core "is not from the federal government," they "do not have their fingerprints on this thing at all."
Mostly True
October 24, 2013
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 1, 2013 a speech
Milwaukee County has "a parks capital budget that’s bigger than it’s been in the last 10 years."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2013
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on October 8, 2013 an interview
All members of Congress are required to be in Obamacare, but Obama and members of his administration "have their own gold-plated health care plans that they're in."  
Half-True
October 21, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 13, 2013 an interview
"We’re 49th in the United States in new businesses created."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 20, 2013
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on October 8, 2013 a robo-call and video
"Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls," posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.
Half-True
October 18, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 11, 2013 a press release
On responding to chemical weapon use in Syria
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2013
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 7, 2013 a web post
Says Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke "has proven on the Madison Board of Education" that she supports raising taxes and spending.  
Half-True
October 10, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 7, 2013 a video
Says her actions as Wisconsin commerce secretary brought the state "84,000 more Wisconsin jobs than we have today."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2013 an interview
Domestic violence "is seen as a pre-existing" health condition and "women had to pay 50 percent more for health care because of gender ratings," but under Obamacare, "all of that is over."  
Half-True
October 6, 2013
stated on September 24, 2013 an interview
Among the nation’s 51 largest metropolitan areas, Milwaukee is the "only one" where the poverty rate is more than "four times greater in the city than it is in the suburbs."
Half-True
October 3, 2013
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement
"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."  
True
September 29, 2013
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 18, 2013 a column on the party's website
The 2013-’15 state budget backed by Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers "left our technical colleges funded at 1989 levels."
Half-True
September 26, 2013
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on September 18, 2013 a legislative hearing
"We’ve used (generally accepted accounting principles) here in this building the last two years."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 22, 2013
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview
The Capitol Police force is "going so far as to use paramilitary equipment" in dealing with singing protesters in Madison
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 19, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 30, 2013 an interview
Says potential Democratic opponent Mary Burke "implemented the policies of Jim Doyle. Those are the policies that, in his last term, saw the state lose more than 133,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2013
Joe Atkins
Joe Atkins
stated on August 29, 2013 an interview
"Minnesota is kicking butt relative to Wisconsin on everything from employment and job creation to school test scores, educated work force and a host of other factors and rankings"
Half-True
September 16, 2013
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on August 23, 2013 a newsletter
"The amount of interest" paid on the federal debt exceeds "total tax revenue."
False
September 15, 2013
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
stated on September 10, 2013 a web posting
"The Kenosha casino would be one of the state’s largest employers and pay more to the state than any other company or Tribe – essentially, it would be Wisconsin’s biggest taxpayer."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2013
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