Thinking small: Why Bernie Sanders and other 2020 candidates seek low-dollar campaign contributions
One reason: Small donors can give more often.
Pritzker’s capital spending claim raises questions though parts track with past practices
The Chicago governor contended the bulk of his $45 billion capital plan will flow to Downstate districts. Not all the evidence is in yet to evaluate that.
Medicaid expansion is at the heart of the budget fight. Here’s what it means for NC.
Medicaid expansion is a priority for Gov. Roy Cooper in the budget negotiations. This is a rundown of what you need to know about the issue.
Fox News guest says if Trump’s hotel revenues are ‘emoluments,’ so was Obama’s Nobel. Not exactly
Discussing the lawsuits against President Donald Trump on foreign "emoluments," Fox News guest John Eastman compared Trump hosting foreign officials at his hotels to former President Barack Obama accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. We put his remarks in context.
Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get paid less than the men?
The United States Women’s National Soccer Team recently won the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time. But the team’s compensation remains the subject of considerable controversy.
Update on how Evers is faring on promises
By Eric Litke
, Mica Soellner
July 9, 2019
Update on how Gov. Tony Evers is faring on promises.
Who is Tom Steyer? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate
California environmental activist and billionaire Tom Steyer is running for president. Here’s a biographical look at the 2020 Democratic candidate.
PolitiFact’s Mueller Report Book Club, Volume 1
PolitiFact has been hosting the Muller Report book club via PolitiFact’s weekly email newsletter; read the book club’s first four weeks of material.
The facts behind the detention of immigrants
More children and families arriving at the southwest border is leading to overcrowding at border processing facilities and prompting Democratic lawmakers to scrutinize how the Trump administration is handling the surge.
A delegation of Democratic members of Congress, including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., went down to the border to visit facilities where apprehended migrants are processed. They said conditions were condemnable.
PolitiFact Wisconsin’s ‘High Five’ for June 2019
By D.L. Davis
July 3, 2019
Readers of PolitiFact Wisconsin were intrigued by fact-checks on University of Wisconsin System salaries, vacancy rates for prison correctional officers, oversight of large farms and more.
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The Democratic debate resurrected controversy over busing. But is it an issue today?
Perhaps the biggest moment of the recent Democratic debate in Miami came when California Sen. Kamala Harris attacked former Vice President Joe Biden on a controversial policy from decades ago: integrating segregated schools by busing.