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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

Clear
stated on January 29, 2013 an interview
40 percent of U.S. gun sales "are occurring outside of" licensed gun dealers.  
Half-True
February 4, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on January 23, 2013 a website post
In 2009, the FBI "referred more than 71,000" cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, "but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them."
Half-True
February 3, 2013
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 25, 2013 a radio interview
"I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.
Mostly False
January 31, 2013
Internet commenters
Internet commenters
stated on January 21, 2013 website comments
A Paul Ryan-Scott Walker (or Scott Walker-Paul Ryan) ticket for the White House in 2016 would be unconstitutional because both men live in Wisconsin.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 28, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 10, 2013 a news conference
"We just had someone last week in Neenah near a school kill someone with a bow and arrow."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • January 28, 2013
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
A Republican-sponsored Wisconsin mining bill "will take at least seven years to create jobs."  
Mostly False
January 27, 2013
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 18, 2013 an interview
The Milwaukee County Board’s staff grew from four workers to 38 over four decades and now costs taxpayers "a lot more," while the total county workforce was more than cut in half in the same period.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 24, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 21, 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."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 20, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."
Half-True
January 19, 2013
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 12, 2012 a newsletter
"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."
False
January 16, 2013
Vince Megna
Vince Megna
stated on January 1, 2013 a statement on campaign website
"200 consumer laws were destroyed" in 2011 when Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 92.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2012 a letter to congressional leadership
Since the federal Violence Against Women Act was adopted in 1994, "cases of domestic violence have fallen by 67 percent."
Mostly True
January 13, 2013
Pardeep Kaleka
Pardeep Kaleka
stated on December 17, 2012 an online video
"Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns."
Mostly True
January 9, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2012 a speech
"Our pension system is the only one in the country that’s 100 percent funded."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 6, 2013
Don Pridemore
Don Pridemore
stated on December 3, 2012 a news conference
Among Milwaukee Public Schools students, "86 percent are behind in reading and 80 percent are behind in math."  
True
January 2, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"Over $1 trillion" was spent on anti-poverty programs in 2011, enough to "give every single poor American a check for $22,000."
Half-True
December 30, 2012
Kevin Reilly
Kevin Reilly
stated on December 7, 2012 public remarks
"Faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 26, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."
Mostly True
December 23, 2012
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
stated on December 17, 2012 a press release
"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012
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