Latest Stories By Eric Litke

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Trump Marinette

Fact-checking Trump’s visit to Wisconsin

June 26, 2020

Resuming campaigning after an extended hiatus for the pandemic, President Donald Trump made Wisconsin one of his first stops. Trump won battleground Wisconsin by less than 20,000 votes in 2016, but Democrat Joe Biden leads Trump 49% to 41% in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. On June 25, 2020, Trump made stops in […]

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Gov. Tony Evers moving forward on some promises

January 28, 2020

Gov. Tony Evers has now been in office for a year, with a pair of State of the State addresses under his belt. That makes it a good time to check in on a few of the promises Evers made on the campaign trail.

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More Evers promises limited by Republican opposition

November 19, 2019

We update three promises Gov. Tony Evers made on gun control, lead abatement and prevailing wages.

Dissecting the spin on manufacturing numbers

November 13, 2019

The chairmen of Wisconsin's Republican and Democratic parties asserted in the same TV appearance that Wisconsin manufacturing jobs are up under Trump and down in the last year. Can both be true?

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Fact-checking guns ahead of Wisconsin’s special session

November 6, 2019

With the Wisconsin Legislature about to convene a special session on gun control, here's a collection of our recent gun-related fact checks.

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Evers stalls out on several promises

October 15, 2019

We update our Evers-O-Meter on a series of campaign promises.

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Is Ron Johnson right to call Donald Trump the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer”?

October 10, 2019

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is the latest to refer to President Donald Trump as America's "chief law enforcement officer" while defending Trump's actions. Is that title -- and its implications -- accurate?

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Rounding up our Lena Taylor fact checks

September 3, 2019

We round up our fact checks of state Sen. Lena Taylor as she announces plans to challenge incumbent Tom Barrett in the 2020 Milwaukee mayoral election.

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Looking back on our Sean Duffy fact checks

August 26, 2019

We round up some of our fact checks of U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy as he announces he is leaving office in September.

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Promises kept, broken, stalled in latest Evers-O-Meter updates

August 7, 2019

We update several promises from Gov. Tony Evers in the wake of his first completed budget.

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Budget battle puts some Evers promises in doubt

May 28, 2019

We check out progress on Gov. Tony Evers' promises related to health care

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