Latest Fact Checks By D.L. Davis

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Flint water tower

Milwaukee vs. Flint: Which city leads on lead?

By D.L. Davis
January 10, 2020
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI." 
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Kids in day care in New York 1-21-14

Child care costs can take a big bite of the family budget

By D.L. Davis
January 3, 2020
"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget." 
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Porch packages

Wisconsin State Rep. Hutton delivers with claim about level of porch piracy

By D.L. Davis
December 13, 2019
 A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."   
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Slave shackles

American Family CEO makes a point about black male enslavement and today’s incarceration

By D.L. Davis
November 1, 2019
"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery." 
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New SNAP

Wisconsin lawmaker’s claim that millionaires are eligible for food stamps is in the bag

By D.L. Davis
October 11, 2019
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it." 
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Prison bars

Wisconsin lawmaker hits the target with claim on racial background of death row prisoners

By D.L. Davis
October 1, 2019
"More than half of death row prisoners are people of color." 
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Milwaukee Health Fair

Is U.S. Sen. Baldwin right that more Americans are without health insurance?

By D.L. Davis
August 13, 2019
"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
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Gabbard -- this is getty don't use

Gabbard hits target with claim on Trump and military deportations

By D.L. Davis
July 19, 2019
At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."  
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Hospital items

Universal health care diagnosis is on the mark

By D.L. Davis
June 21, 2019
"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."    
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UW

UW System president hits pay dirt with university pay gap claim

By D.L. Davis
June 14, 2019
"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."
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Prison bars

Wisconsin State Rep. Chris Taylor on the mark with prison claim

By D.L. Davis
June 4, 2019
"We saw the prison population expand and vacancy rates for correctional officers go from 2.9% to 15.2%" over the last eight years.
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Fiserv Forum

Will Wisconsin taxpayers get ‘tremendous’ payback for money spent on new Fiserv Forum?

By D.L. Davis
May 22, 2019
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over…
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