Latest Fact-Checks By Nancy Badertscher

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

May 27, 2015

Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.

Qatar Airways leader off the mark

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.

Democrats parlay votes on transportation bill into scholarships for students

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.  

Advocacy group overreaches with claim on NYPD shootings

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…

Gwinnett DA over-reaches on Sheriff Hill shooting statement

May 6, 2015

"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."

Studio plan jobs claim misleading

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…

Perdue mostly right on shady weapons deal

April 24, 2015

The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.

No firm evidence on often-repeated claim about Court of Appeals

April 20, 2015

Georgia has had the nation’s busiest Court of Appeals for a decade or more.

Deal’s statement on education funding missing critical context

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…

Fact-checkers find beer will not transform Georgia into Mexico

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.  

Delta spokesman mostly correct about jet fuel taxes in Georgia

March 31, 2015

 Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.  

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