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Special report: Examining the state of gun research

April 29, 2013

Firearms research has been a battleground for advocacy groups for nearly 20 years, complicating fact-checking and making basic data on guns and gun violence hard to come by. The scarcity of gun research, though, may be coming to an end.

Most Texas government workers got no pay raise from 2009 to 2012

April 29, 2013

An employees group says most state workers got no raises from 2009 to 2012. That checked out.

Public vs. Private: Sorting out the truth in the debate over school choice

April 28, 2013

Wisconsin was a national pioneer in sending Milwaukee children to private schools with publicly funded vouchers. Now, with the Legislature debating Gov. Scott Walker's plan to expand choice to additional cities, we shed light on some of the key disputes over the choice program.

Hammond: Businesses pay 60 percent of taxes in Texas

April 26, 2013

Bill Hammond, who helms the Texas Association of Business, spoke up for business tax cuts by saying businesses pay 60 percent of taxes in the state. Really?

Special report: Examining the state of gun research

April 26, 2013

Firearms research has been a battleground for advocacy groups for nearly 20 years, complicating fact-checking and making basic data on guns and gun violence hard to come by. The scarcity of gun research, though, may be coming to an end.

Is the U.S. letting terrorists slip through its fingers?

April 25, 2013

Is there a pattern of the U.S government looking into potential terrorists, finding nothing incriminating, and then discovering -- too late -- that they were terrorists after all?

Mailbag: ‘You fail to be helpful’ on amnesty

April 25, 2013

Readers question some of our fact-checks on terrorism, gun legislation, immigration and a host of other issues.

Perry says Obama yet to respond to 2010 letter on border security

April 25, 2013

In a CNN interview, Perry said Obama has yet to respond to the 2010 letter on border security he tried to hand the president on the tarmac of a Texas airport. We see smoke.

Elections changes coming to Florida, again

April 24, 2013

The Legislature again is tinkering with Florida elections laws. Get the lowdown.

Ruh-roh! PolitiFact New Jersey on the Colbert Report!

April 24, 2013

Colbert says Chris Christie's falsehood about Scooby Doo could cripple his chances to become president.

The UW System’s “slush fund” — $1 billion, $207 million or what?

April 24, 2013

The amount of excess cash in the University of Wisconsin System’s bank account is:

A) "Nearly $1 billion"

B) $648 million

C) $207 million

Everyone has a different view on how much extra money the UW System has. We dig into the various numbers being tossed about.

Al Qaeda camps with Mexican cartels? That’s speculation, not fact

April 23, 2013

Louie Gohmert said on C-SPAN that al Qaeda has camps south of the Rio Grande. That's speculative, we find.

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