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Texas runoffs mean two more months of fact checks

May 30, 2012

The Associated Press forecasts a Republican runoff in Texas for that party's U.S. Senate nomination. That means about 60 additional days for the Truth-O-Meter to weigh candidate claims. Runoffs occur July 31.

Our roundup of recent Wisconsin recall ratings

May 29, 2012

The partisan passion on both sides of Wisconsin’s gubernatorial recall as taken a toll on truth-telling. We take a look at recent ratings, as the June 5 election approaches.

Flip-O-Meter, Truth-O-Meter rule on Christie, Booker statements

May 29, 2012

Claims about transportation financing, Obama's level of federal spending checked.

PolitiFact checked more than 30 candidate claims before Texas party primaries

May 28, 2012

We poked into more than 30 claims by, or about, candidates on the Texas party primary ballots, extending from remarks by U.S. Senate candidates through those by hopefuls for Travis County and Williamson County posts.

Reminders dead ahead.

Rating Obama’s response to the foreclosure crisis

May 28, 2012

We check Obama's record on the foreclosure crisis and see if Crossroads GPS is correct that he broke his promise.

PolitiFact New Jersey revisits claims on veterans, missing service members

May 28, 2012

As Americans recognize Memorial Day, we're reviewing related fact-checks put to the Truth-O-Meter

Hits and misses at the final GOP debate

May 26, 2012

The four candidates in the June 12 primary squared off in Falls Church on Friday night. We checked a few of their claims.

A fresh untruth about tuition for undocumented students

May 25, 2012

We've posted our review of a fresh claim that a Republican legislator gave in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.

Our look at this claim -- which caught fire -- reminded us we'd previously explored misconceptions about the Texas tuition law.

Lots of heat (and some light) on Obama’s spending

May 25, 2012

Our fact-check on a Facebook claim that President Barack Obama isn't as big a spender as many people think drew lots of support from Obama backers and a barrage of criticism from opponents. We recap the debate.

Behind the Rhetoric: School budgets in the years ahead

May 24, 2012

In our fourth "Behind the Rhetoric" article, we look at how school districts are situated for the coming academic year after the cuts made in the state budget.

Facebook post on target about Obama’s spending

May 23, 2012

A column in MarketWatch that busted stereotypes about the tax-and-spend Democratic stereotype was turned into a Facebook post that went viral. We checked the facts.

Austin’s KUT and PolitiFact Texas share one-year anniversary

May 23, 2012

With a gooshy cupcake, PolitiFact Texas and Austin’s KUT, 90.5 FM, marked the anniversary of weekly radio segments exploring Texas Truth-O-Meter items.
 

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