Latest Fact Checks By Nancy Badertscher

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Report: Georgia 49 in women in state, federal elected offices

By Nancy Badertscher
May 27, 2015
Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.
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Qatar Airways leader off the mark

By Nancy Badertscher
May 19, 2015
The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.
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Democrats parlay votes on transportation bill into scholarships for students

By Nancy Badertscher
May 13, 2015
The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.  
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Advocacy group overreaches with claim on NYPD shootings

By April Hunt , Nancy Badertscher
May 12, 2015
"Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia – a state that last year did the NRA’s bidding and…
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Gwinnett DA over-reaches on Sheriff Hill shooting statement

By April Hunt , Nancy Badertscher
May 6, 2015
"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."
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Studio plan jobs claim misleading

By Nancy Badertscher
May 1, 2015
Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new…
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Perdue mostly right on shady weapons deal

By Nancy Badertscher
April 24, 2015
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
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No firm evidence on often-repeated claim about Court of Appeals

By Nancy Badertscher
April 20, 2015
Georgia has had the nation’s busiest Court of Appeals for a decade or more.
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Deal’s statement on education funding missing critical context

By Nancy Badertscher
April 14, 2015
This year’s state budget and my spending proposal for Fiscal Year 2016 represent an infusion of more than $1 billion in additional money for K-12…
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Fact-checkers find beer will not transform Georgia into Mexico

By Nancy Badertscher
April 2, 2015
By allowing brewpubs to sell beer, Georgia could become like Mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market.  
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Delta spokesman mostly correct about jet fuel taxes in Georgia

By Nancy Badertscher
March 31, 2015
 Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.  
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