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August High Five: Walker runs the table

September 2, 2015

Items focused on Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican candidate for president, dominated the PolitiFact Wisconsin High Five of most-clicked items for August.

Bernie Sanders leads our High Five for July

August 3, 2015

Gov. Scott Walker, naturally, also made the cut.

Final Scott Walker jobs tally shows 250,000 first-term promise far from met

May 22, 2015

Final numbers for 2014 show Scott Walker fell short on his promise of 250,000 new private-sector jobs in his first term.
 

April High Five: Scott Walker’s $1 sweater and other campaign claims

May 1, 2015

Favorites from the month come from Gov. Scott Walker on the national campaign trail.

December 2014 numbers offer a downtick on Walker’s first-term jobs promise

March 9, 2015

Latest report brings us one step closer to final tally for Walker's first term.

Late surge in jobs still leaves Scott Walker well short of promise

January 22, 2015

Gov. Scott Walker would have finished much closer to his 250,000 jobs goal had there been four years with the jobs growth seen in 2014 -- especially the final four months of the year.

Jobs growth heats up, November report says

December 23, 2014

Wisconsin employers added an impressive number of workers in the last two months, according to the most recent report by the state Department of Workforce Development.

A look at the jobs tally as of October 2014

December 2, 2014

Wisconsin employers reported another strong month of hiring in October, according to the latest monthly report released by the state Department of Workforce Development.

Our October High-Five: Back to the False end of the scale

November 4, 2014

When it came to our most-clicked items in October, not surprisingly it was all about Scott Walker and Mary Burke. And those items were most often False.

Mary Burke, Scott Walker rely on old favorites in final debate

October 18, 2014

Their first meeting featured a lot of tried and True, but Friday’s second debate between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke bent more towards tried and False.

Previewing Walker-Burke II: Keep these facts in mind

October 17, 2014

They can duck, bob, weave, embellish and distort, but Scott Walker and Mary Burke will have plenty of facts at their command for their second debate Friday. If they read our debate preview, that is.

 

Related: Latest jobs tally shows uptick

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