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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Joel Kleefisch
Joel Kleefisch
stated on February 22, 2012 a television interview
The Wisconsin state Assembly chambers extend to the bathroom and the parlor, and rules allow members to vote for each other if the member is in the chambers.
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • March 15, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 29, 2012 an appearance at Marquette University
Says Gov. Scott Walker cut aid to local schools despite campaigning on trying to restore two-thirds state funding for education
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 14, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 a news release
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
March 12, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 25, 2012 an interview
Says 94 percent of Wisconsin employers think the state "is heading in the right direction" and a majority say they will "grow their companies in 2012."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 11, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 18, 2012 a candidates forum
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doesn't make his calendar public -- "he's on our dime and we don't know where he is."
Half-True
March 8, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2012 a radio interview
Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."
True
March 5, 2012
Christine Sinicki
Christine Sinicki
stated on February 21, 2012 a legislative floor speech
While fighting a move to toughen penalties for workplace gender discrimination, state Sen. Glenn Grothman said "he didn’t believe women belonged in the workplace" but belonged "at home, cooking and cleaning and having babies."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 4, 2012
John Axford
John Axford
stated on February 14, 2012 a Tweet
All travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the U.S. by air must have a passport.
True
By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on February 14, 2012 an op-ed piece
"The national unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for a record 36 months."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 29, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 23, 2012 a chain email
Says Gov. Scott Walker is "openly" backing a move to abolish the state retirement system and convert it to a 401(k)-style plan that will reduce pensions "by at least a third" for current and retired public employees  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 27, 2012
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 15, 2012 remarks
Says 21,000 Wisconsin residents got jobs in 2011, but "18,000 of them" were in other states.
False
February 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2012 a speech at Milwaukee's Master Lock plant
"For the first time since 1990, American manufacturers are creating new jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 22, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on January 26, 2012 a news release
Says the federal government could save $175,587 by eliminating a study of the "connection between cocaine and risky sex habits of the Japanese quail."
Mostly True
February 20, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 8, 2012 a speech announcing her candidacy
Says Scott Walker enacted "the biggest cuts to education in our state’s history."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 12, 2012 a tweet
A 10-year state program that created 202 jobs at a cost of $247,000 per job was approved by former Gov. Jim Doyle.
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • February 17, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 9, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, a candidate for Senate, supports raising taxes "by $858 billion."
Mostly False
February 15, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 remarks
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
February 13, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on February 3, 2012 an op-ed piece
As Dane County executive, Kathleen Falk raised property taxes by "millions of dollars every year" and approved the second highest increase in the state in 2010.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 12, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on January 23, 2012 an interview
Says that as Wisconsin governor he "never raised taxes."
False
February 10, 2012
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on February 1, 2012 a Democratic Party radio address
Says Gov. Scott Walker "made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (Wisconsin’s) technical colleges."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 5, 2012
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