Jobs growth heats up, November report says
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.
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.
Michele Bachmann, who's leaving Congress, has some Pants on Fires to her name.
But readers this year flocked to our story on a Pants on Fire claim about Bachmann supposedly saying the Bible was originated in English (not so).
We continue our countdown of the top 10 most-read PolitiFact Texas stories of 2014.
We look back at fact-checks about immigration and border security.
That's what a former Obama Cuba adviser claims.
We look back at fact-checks from a year marked by protests and discussions of police shootings and use of force.
Fact-checking Barack Obama's CNN appearance
Immigration: the year in fact-checking
A trio of fact checks of flawed claims about activities near the Texas-Mexico border drew reader interest, each one landing among our 10 most-read stories of 2014:
* Ted Cruz incorrectly said Barack Obama has promised amnesty to illegal immigrants
* Pants on Fire: Duncan Hunter makes unconfirmed claim Border Patrol caught at least 10 ISIS fighters
* Rick Perry claim about 3,000 homicides by illegal immigrants not supported by stat
Readers and others react to our choice for Lie of the Year for 2014: exaggerations about Ebola.
Fact-checking Barack Obama's CNN appearance
Only one claim by a gubernatorial candidate landed among our top 10 most-read fact checks of 2014.
We found Mostly True the statement by Democrat Wendy Davis that as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
Our most-read fact check of the year is pretty much Bob Cole's fault. (That's a hint.)
But other fact checks -- including our finding False Sen. Ted Cruz's claim about Christians getting nailed to trees -- also drew lots of reader interest in 2014.
Our countdown of the year's Top 10 most-read fact checks starts with our recap of a Facebook claim about marijuana.
It's roundup time at PolitiFact Georgia.
We're kicking off our yearly review with a look at the claims in 2014 that, ahem, earned the distinction of Pants on Fire.
The president made claims about Iran and Cuba in an interview Sunday.
We fact-checked two claims from President Barack Obama's interview on CNN Sunday.