Latest Fact Checks By Madlin Mekelburg

Has Austin removed legal consequences for where ‘homeless lie, sleep…defecate?’

By Madlin Mekelburg

January 24, 2020

The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate."

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Did Elizabeth Warren really pay $50 to attend the University of Houston?

By Madlin Mekelburg

January 17, 2020

"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."

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Has one-third of Texas seen a 25% population loss?

By Madlin Mekelburg

January 10, 2020

"About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years."

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U.S. Rep. McCaul misstates childhood cancer mortality statistic

By Madlin Mekelburg

December 20, 2019

"80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year." 

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No, Texas has no plans for Santa Anna statue at Alamo

By Madlin Mekelburg

December 17, 2019

"George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo."

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Checking Ted Cruz on whether Ukraine ‘blatantly interfered’ in 2016 election

By Madlin Mekelburg

December 12, 2019

"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."

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No, that is not a photo of Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester on Sid Miller’s Facebook page

By Madlin Mekelburg

December 3, 2019

Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.

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Texas is among the states with the widest pay gaps for Latina workers

By Madlin Mekelburg

November 27, 2019

"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."

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Did Trump open a ‘major Apple Manufacturing plant’ in Austin? No.

By Madlin Mekelburg

November 21, 2019

 "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."

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No, a Texas school district did not adopt pornographic sex ed curriculum

By Madlin Mekelburg

November 19, 2019

The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a…

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Did two congressional acts give Confederate veterans federal benefits?

By Madlin Mekelburg

November 15, 2019

"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."

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What does the law say about children and sex reassignment surgery?

By Madlin Mekelburg

November 11, 2019

Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from…

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