Latest Fact-Checks By Nancy Badertscher

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Merger will produce one of nation’s largest universities

January 23, 2015

The merger of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College will make GSU one of the largest universities in the nation, with more than 54,000…

Analyst on target on education spending

January 20, 2015

The state covered a smaller percentage of the cost of K-12 education in 2013 than it did in 2002.

New Jersey’s taxes, cost of living paid off for Georgia with Mercedes

January 14, 2015

Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters.  

Huckaby on target with stats on skills gap

January 7, 2015

Only 42 percent of young Georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.

PolitiFact: High school diplomas will be new under prison partnership

December 16, 2014

"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility…

Lawmaker on target about superintendents

December 6, 2014

Thirty-eight states -- Georgia not included -- have appointed, rather than elected, state school superintendents.

Gas tax comparison not so simple

November 18, 2014

Georgia has some of the highest gas taxes in the Southeast but one of the lowest taxes on gasoline for transportation in the nation.

Isakson off on specifics about income tax fraud ranking

November 14, 2014

Georgia has the country’s second highest number of fraudulent tax refund claims.  

Gwinnett spokeswoman on target with claim about school bus deaths

November 11, 2014

Georgia has led the nation in student fatalities caused by motorists illegally passing stopped school buses.

Carter flips position on income cap for HOPE scholars

October 28, 2014

On an income cap for recipients of the popular HOPE scholarship

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