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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2010 a debate
Says the Texas Education Agency follows up to make sure undocumented immigrants paying in-state tuition at Texas colleges are applying for permanent residency.
False
February 15, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a Democratic debate
"We have killed lots of innocent people in the state of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 14, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 8, 2010 a TV advertisement
"We have billions in surplus."
Mostly False
February 13, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a debate
"When we go to vote, they ask for driver's license and verify that you are a voter and a citizen in the state of Texas."
Half-True
February 12, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 7, 2010 a video
"Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 11, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2010 an online ad
Says Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "took 154 private flights all funded by taxpayers" though "commercial flights were readily available at a fraction of the cost."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a debate.
Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 9, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"The governor’s not taking his own fiscal advice. ... In the first fiscal quarter of this year, we’ve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending, double-digit spending out of the executive branch in the State of Texas."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 8, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2010 a debate
Says his executive order requiring young girls to be vaccinated against HPV wasn't mandatory.
Mostly False
February 6, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on February 1, 2010 in a TV ad
"Our (Texas) graduation rate ranks 43rd out of 50 states."
True
February 5, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 29, 2010 an interview
"For the hour after the (Jan. 14) debate, 'Debra Medina' was the No. 1 search on Google and for the remainder of that night No. 3."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 4, 2010 A TV advertisement
  Uses headlines to portray Gov. Rick Perry as beholden to special interests.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 4, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on January 26, 2010 a Dallas press conference
Bill White "is discriminating. He's taking jobs from African Americans and giving them to his friends."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 4, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"We cut property taxes by one-third."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 27, 2010 an e-mail.
Says a prank phone call caused "400 children to be taken from their parents... without warrant."
Half-True
February 2, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.
"The State of Texas does not even use the E-Verify system to determine if someone is legally in our country when they apply for a job."
True
February 1, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on January 22, 2010 an e-mail.
"Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic."
Pants on Fire!
January 31, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 20, 2010 a press release
"Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2010
Ronnie Earle
Ronnie Earle
stated on January 18, 2010 a speech
"Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 27, 2010
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