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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.

Immigration fact-checking in 2014

December 23, 2014

We look back at fact-checks about immigration and border security. 

Lesson of 2014: Check the facts behind Mexico border claims

December 23, 2014

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

Wendy Davis needed to clarify claim about Greg Abbott siding with company that hired rapist

December 22, 2014

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.

 

Read the original fact check here.

Austin judge did NOT sentence man to death for having marijuana

December 22, 2014

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.

 

A look at the claims that scorched in 2014

December 22, 2014

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.

Fact-checking President Barack Obama’s CNN appearance

December 21, 2014

We fact-checked two claims from President Barack Obama's interview on CNN Sunday.

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