Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby

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Texas judge read PolitiFact before finding school finance system unconstitutional

A news bulletin said PolitiFact influenced a judge’s decision that the Texas school funding system is again unconstitutional.

Aw shucks. Really?

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UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up

A Sacramento Bee editorial leveled several criticisms of Texas. We rated most of them True or Mostly True.

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A’s the most common college grade?

An Austin opinion column led us to consider the prevalence of college A's.
 

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Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises

The Texas governor has fulfilled, or compromised on, more than half the promises he made winning re-election.

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Doggett v. Cornyn

Lloyd Doggett drew a Half True bead on John Cornyn’s mention of partly shutting down the government.
 

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Austin mayor’s watery claim

Lee Leffingwell’s claim about water quality proved iffy.

 

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MLK, Romney and the GOP

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been central to two fact checks.








 

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Perry’s “phenomenal” False

Rick Perry proclaimed a "phenomenal" increase in school funding. It shakes out as a decrease.
 

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PolitiFact Texas turns 3

The Austin American-Statesman's Texas-centric venture in fact-checking political figures just turned three.

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A $300 million fact check

As lawmakers convened, a state board authorized the release of millions of dollars for public schools--reminding us of a pair of relevant fact checks.

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Smoking out Rick Perry, David Dewhurst and Joe Straus

More than 100 times, claims by Rick Perry and two fellow leaders have met the Truth-O-Meter, sometimes to smoky results.

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