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Kathleen Vinehout

Kathleen Vinehout

Democrat Kathleen Vinehout is a Wisconsin state senator from Alma, in western Wisconsin. The former university professor and dairy farmer was elected to the Senate in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. She ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination to run against Gov. Scott Walker in the gubernatorial recall election in 2012.

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Kathleen Vinehout
stated on May 1, 2018 an interview:
Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2018
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 a TV interview:
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 24, 2017 an interview:
Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 3, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 20, 2017 an interview:
Says Scott Walker is proposing to add 485 employees "in the category of supervisor and management" to his Department of Administration.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 1, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 a speech:
"If you make the average amount of people in Wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes" under the state income-tax cut, but "it didn’t show up in your paycheck."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2014
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 a meeting:
Gov. Scott Walker bought "80 new, brand-new vehicles" for the state that "we probably don’t need."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2013
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 24, 2013 a column:
Because of Gov. Scott Walker’s budgeting, a greater percentage of general fund tax dollars is "going to pay off debt than ever before in our history."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2013
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 15, 2012 remarks:
Says 21,000 Wisconsin residents got jobs in 2011, but "18,000 of them" were in other states.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2012
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