PolitiFact Florida presents: Legislature 101
How can you tell when a bill is dead? How many lobbyists are there? What's the one piece of legislation that must pass?
How can you tell when a bill is dead? How many lobbyists are there? What's the one piece of legislation that must pass?
After Congress and the president couldn't work out a deal last week, automatic federal spending cuts were set to take effect on Friday.
Before the sequestration deadline hit claims flew about what would happen when the bomb dropped. Now that the time has come, the claims have continued to roll in. PolitiFact examines some of them and sorts the facts.
Speech referenced handful of past claims, from the existence of a $13 billion deficit to where New Jersey ranks nationally in institutionalizing the mentally ill
What will happen in Tallahassee this legislative session? Here's the low-down on the issues we're tracking.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Feb. 13, 2013 that he would reject an expansion of Medicaid offered as part of Obamacare, saying he has a better idea for helping more people get health insurance.
Some advocates of making more people eligible for Medicaid say the expansion would create jobs.
Is the picture that clear?
Friday is the deadline for Congress and the president to work out a deal to avoid sequestration. In the meantime, claims are flying about what will happen if the bomb drops.
Many readers agreed with our Pants on Fire rating to Majority Leader Eric Cantor's claim that the U.S. "spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."
But some felt we were too tough on him, saying Cantor simply cited the wrong fantasy game and that the $1.2 million federal grant was still funding research involving seniors playing a video game.
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said the expansion of Medicaid that Gov. Rick Scott now backs will not create jobs. We review the evidence.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as defense secretary -- after a contentious fight. We checked the facts.
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We sort out the blame game on the latest budget impasse in a special report.