Latest Fact-Checks By W. Gardner Selby

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2013 in a press conference.:
Says Texas public school funding grew three times the rate of enrollment from 2002 to 2012.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 8, 2013 in a Twitter post.:
Says Texas is "dead last in support for mental health."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2013
Texas Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
stated on December 7, 2012 in a Twitter post.:
Says 31 percent of Texas physicians accept all new Medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2013
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst
stated on September 23, 2012 in a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says that according to "many reports and even our own data," the state of Texas spent more through Medicaid on orthodontia than all other states combined.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 4, 2013
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 19, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor.:
Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 19, 2012
Thomas Ratliff
Thomas Ratliff
stated on December 10, 2012 in an opinion column.:
Says Massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and Finland just one.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 17, 2012
Sherry Sylvester
Sherry Sylvester
stated on December 2, 2012 in an opinion column.:
Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 14, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 27, 2012 in a chain email.:
Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012
Todd Hunter
Todd Hunter
stated on November 26, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 6, 2012
Dan Micciche
Dan Micciche
stated on November 4, 2012 in an opinion article in the Dallas Morning News.:
"The poverty level in" the Dallas school district "is one of the highest in the country, higher than New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Newark."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2012
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on November 19, 2012 in an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7:
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 30, 2012
Joseph
Joseph "Joe" Deshotel
stated on November 13, 2012 in a press release.:
"There is no evidence that poor people abuse drugs more frequently than any other socio-economic group."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2012
Tom Craddick
Tom Craddick
stated on November 12, 2012 in a press release.:
Says about 25 Texas cities and 39 states have banned texting while driving.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 21, 2012
County Line
County Line
stated on November 2, 2012 in an open letter to employees.:
Says that under the new healthcare law, full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on October 21, 2012 in an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.:
"Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2012
Tere McCann
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
stated on October 18, 2012 in a news article posted online Oct. 18, 2012.:
Says the Central Health district's tax rate is the "lowest among the largest counties in Texas, and it will continue to be the lowest" if voters approve a proposed tax increase.  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 26, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 in a press conference.:
Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Rob Moshein
Rob Moshein
stated on October 14, 2012 in a letter to the editor.:
Says the University of Texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
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