Bill Varian

Staff Writer, Tampa Bay Times

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Bill Varian writes about Hillsborough County government and politics. He joined the Times in 1999 as a crime reporter in Citrus County after five years of writing about growth-related issues and city hall for the Tallahassee Democrat. A 1990 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., he also has worked at newspapers in Augusta, Ga., and Burlington, N.C.

Latest Fact-Checks by Bill Varian

Transit tax foe Sam Rashid says it’s $300 million for rail in Tampa August 28, 2010
Hillsborough Commission candidate Josh Burgin says taxes are 18 percent higher. August 20, 2010
Hillsborough Commission candidate Mark Sharpe claims he cut property taxes 17 percent. August 19, 2010
Rail opponent claims penny tax for commuter rail would give Hillsborough state’s highest sales tax June 7, 2010

Latest Stories by Bill Varian

Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020