PolitiFact Texas turns two
PolitiFact Texas just turned 2 -- bounding into toddler-hood in part thanks to strong interest in fact checks of Rick Perry and Barack Obama.
PolitiFact Texas just turned 2 -- bounding into toddler-hood in part thanks to strong interest in fact checks of Rick Perry and Barack Obama.
Gov. Perry says he once got his remarkable hair cut for $1, but now it’s costing $25. We wondered.
Rick Perry said a Texas agricultural loan fund he once oversaw did not get bailed out.
As governor, actually, he approved spending $14.7 million in taxpayer money to cover program losses.
Rick Perry won't know for a while if he's the Republican presidential nominee, but one of his claims has already been nominated -- as PolitiFact's "Lie of the Year."
Rick Perry, defending an incorrect reference to the U.S. voting age, said President Obama once referred to the nation's 57 states.
He did?
Years before the Formula One racetrack agreement became public knowledge in Central Texas, state Comptroller Susan Combs was a strong supporter. Yet on Nov. 15, 2011, she hit the brakes: Texas would not disburse $25 million in advance of the first race, she announced.
We put her statement through PolitiFact’s Flip-O-Meter. Did Combs do a high-speed turn?
Readers are frequently very good writers--so good, it hurts.
We’re shaking out the mailbag again.
A few claims in this week's CNBC Republican presidential debate brought to mind past fact checks.
Michele Bachmann spoke to how few Americans pay federal income taxes. Herman Cain bemoaned how much it costs to comply with tax laws. And Rick Perry said things will be better if Medicaid is turned over to states to manage.
We'll be listening closely as the economy takes center stage at tonight's Republican presidential debate at 7 Central time on CNBC. So line up your snacks and flex your Twitter fingers — we'll tweet live @PolitiFactTexas and our colleagues in Washington and Florida will be tweeting @PolitiFact.
"No matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut," said Republican presidential contender and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaking of his flat-tax plan.
"No matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut," said Republican presidential contender and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaking of his flat-tax plan.
A proposition on the November Texas ballot would step up authorized bonding authority for water-related projects.
Texans for Prop 2, an advocacy group, says the bonds would not cost state taxpayers.
Really?