The link between seeing ultrasounds and choosing abortion; how rare homicides used to be in Milwaukee; and Gov. Scott Walker's statement about much milk Wisconsin imports (yes, imports) were our most popular articles among online readers in July 2013.
Here's a recap of July High Five, the five stories that received the most page views.
Readers checked out our fact-checks on the economy, the George Zimmerman trial, health care and a chain email about ‘dhimmitude.’
An Australian lawmaker attacking his nation’s carbon tax plan recently claimed the United States was unlikely to adopt cap and trade before 2020. Our fact-checkers on two continents checked it out.
Leticia Van de Putte said Texans can be fired, or denied jobs, for being gay.
That’s not universally so.
Sen. Marco Rubio, urging Congress to defund the Affordable Care Act, mischaracterizes its effect on small businesses — in a big way.
As the scandal involving gifts and loans to Gov. Bob McDonnell and his family swirls, here's a look at how Virginia's political disclosure laws compare to other states:
PolitiFact Charts:
Rules for Governors Accepting Gifts By State
Loan Disclosure Rules for Governors and Legislators By State
Chief executives of the states will discuss a variety of issues at the National Governors Association convention, which is set for Aug. 2 to 4, 2013, in Milwaukee.
We welcome them to Wisconsin with a roundup of recent gubernatorial Truth-O-Meter items produced by PolitiFact Wisconsin, as well as by our PolitiFact siblings in nine other states and at PolitiFact National.
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, recently said the DREAM Act would help more drug runners than valedictorians. We sift through the scanty evidence on his claim.
President Obama has been talking about jobs, income inequality and the federal budget. We're checking the facts.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday in Philadelphia that he will ask a federal court to step in and examine Texas’ voter identification law before it’s put into place in November.
Our related fact-checks include Holder's claim that 25 percent of African Americans don’t have a government-issued voter ID, Greg Abbott saying 200 dead people voted in Texas’ May 2012 primaries and how Texas came under the Voting Rights Act in 1975, not 1965.
President Barack Obama invoked some familiar facts in support of his vision for the U.S. economy on Wednesday at Knox College.
President Barack Obama invoked some familiar facts in support of his vision for the U.S. economy on Wednesday at Knox College.
