Latest Fact Checks By April Hunt

Taxpayers bore the cost of drawing proposed DeKalb cities’ borders

By April Hunt

April 7, 2015

Lawmakers were paid for their off-season efforts to, for the first time, take the lead in drawing borders for two would-be cities.

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Retailers overstates the impact of tax holidays

By April Hunt

April 1, 2015

People buy more items during Georgia’s sales-tax holidays, boosting economic activity.

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Price’s point about rising deficits on the money

By April Hunt

March 27, 2015

Under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.

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Is there a gap for rideshare insurance coverage in Georgia?

By April Hunt

March 20, 2015

Uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under Georgia law. 

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Bill would nix consumers’ tax break on electric vehicles but simliar credit for business remains

By April Hunt

March 16, 2015

The proposed transportation tax plan revokes a tax-credit for consumers’ electric cars while the state retains similar credits for similar vehicles for businesses.

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Anti-vax measles claim misinterprets data

By April Hunt

March 3, 2015

The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.

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Rate, not just number, helps explain vet suicide risk

By April Hunt

February 27, 2015

"When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem."

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Human-jellyfish headline misleading, but spawned by real bill

By April Hunt

February 20, 2015

"Georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of ‘glow in the dark’ human-jellyfish hybrids."

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DeKalb jobs claim needs some refining

By April Hunt

February 13, 2015

In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."

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Anti-vaccine claim rooted in bad science, confusion

By April Hunt

February 11, 2015

Mercury is used in vaccines, and there is no safe level of mercury.  

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Interim CEO mostly right on DeKalb police, firefighter hiring

By April Hunt

February 9, 2015

DeKalb County has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments.

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Claims about job creation under Deal accurate

By April Hunt

February 3, 2015

"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12…

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