Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Kay Bailey Hutchison, in Senate farewell, says record number of women will serve in Senate in 2013

By W. Gardner Selby

December 19, 2012

Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  

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UPDATED: Thomas Ratliff says Massachusetts imposes three mandatory student tests, Finland just one

By W. Gardner Selby

December 17, 2012

Says Massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and Finland just one.

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Sherry Sylvester says personal-injury trial lawyers have accounted for over 80 percent of Texas Democratic Party’s contributions for over a decade

By W. Gardner Selby

December 14, 2012

Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."

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Chain email says Obama administration plans to use international treaties to ban all U.S. weapons

By W. Gardner Selby

December 11, 2012

Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.

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Todd Hunter says Obamacare funded by real estate taxes

By W. Gardner Selby

December 6, 2012

Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.

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Dallas school board member says poverty among Dallas students is high and greater than in some other large, urban districts

By W. Gardner Selby

December 5, 2012

"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…

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Conservative group says legislative proposal would lift mothers and fathers from future Texas birth certificates

By W. Gardner Selby

November 30, 2012

Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.

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Joe Deshotel says there is no evidence showing poor people use drugs more frequently than members of other socio-economic groups

By W. Gardner Selby

November 26, 2012

"There is no evidence that poor people abuse drugs more frequently than any other socio-economic group."  

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Tom Craddick says 39 states and about 25 Texas cities bar texting while driving

By W. Gardner Selby

November 21, 2012

Says about 25 Texas cities and 39 states have banned texting while driving.

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County Line restaurant chain says full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014

By W. Gardner Selby

November 18, 2012

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…

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Dan Patrick says almost 500 of 8,000 Texas public schools have been rated unacceptable

By W. Gardner Selby

November 14, 2012

Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.

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Kirk Watson says state’s population will double in 50 years or so while amount of water will remain about the same

By W. Gardner Selby

November 9, 2012

"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…

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