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Minnesota tops Wisconsin on average wages by $5,000 a year, Mary Burke says

By Dave Umhoefer

June 18, 2014

"The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies.

Act 10 has cut interest in teaching careers, Mary Burke says

By Dave Umhoefer

June 13, 2014

"Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career" due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.

Scott Walker says Wisconsin graduation rates and third-grade reading scores have risen while he’s been governor

By Dave Umhoefer

June 8, 2014

"Graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since I took office."

Brett Hulsey says Mary Burke would have required the same benefit cuts that Scott Walker did with Act 10

By Dave Umhoefer

May 29, 2014

Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."

Sheriff David Clarke cites violent crime uptick since 2010

By Dave Umhoefer

May 23, 2014

Milwaukee has seen "an uptick in violence" since 2010, and "the only period of calm we get is when winter sets in."

Tammy Baldwin says minimum wage workers are 35 years on average

By Dave Umhoefer

May 21, 2014

"The average person who gets the minimum wage in America is 35 years old."

Sean Duffy says ‘explosive growth in Medicare’ will cause federal deficit spending to top $1 trillion

By Dave Umhoefer

May 11, 2014

"Explosive growth in Medicare" is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.

Jim Sensenbrenner says under proposed Obama budget, Army would be smaller than before Pearl Harbor

By Dave Umhoefer

May 4, 2014

President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."

Scott Walker says 2013 job growth in Wisconsin was best since 1990s

By Dave Umhoefer

April 27, 2014

"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce says typical minimum wage worker is teen living with middle class parents

By Dave Umhoefer

April 20, 2014

"Typical minimum wage earners in America are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families."

Mary Burke says Scott Walker left Wisconsin women without equal pay protections

By Dave Umhoefer

April 13, 2014

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s repeal of a 2009 law has left Wisconsin as "one of five states without an equal pay law protecting women from…

Bird-sized drones could record you inside your home, Chris Taylor says

By Dave Umhoefer

April 9, 2014

"Drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet."

Latest Fact Checks By Dave Umhoefer

Minnesota tops Wisconsin on average wages by $5,000 a year, Mary Burke says

Act 10 has cut interest in teaching careers, Mary Burke says

Scott Walker says Wisconsin graduation rates and third-grade reading scores have risen while he’s been governor

Brett Hulsey says Mary Burke would have required the same benefit cuts that Scott Walker did with Act 10

Sheriff David Clarke cites violent crime uptick since 2010

Tammy Baldwin says minimum wage workers are 35 years on average

Sean Duffy says ‘explosive growth in Medicare’ will cause federal deficit spending to top $1 trillion

Jim Sensenbrenner says under proposed Obama budget, Army would be smaller than before Pearl Harbor

Scott Walker says 2013 job growth in Wisconsin was best since 1990s

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce says typical minimum wage worker is teen living with middle class parents

Mary Burke says Scott Walker left Wisconsin women without equal pay protections

Bird-sized drones could record you inside your home, Chris Taylor says