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Amy Sherman is a reporter for the Miami Herald.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Amy Sherman
In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.
Says 70,000 children "have lost their Head Start slots" because of the sequester.
"This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century."
"70,000 three-year-olds and four-year-olds across America will lose access to the preschool Head Start program. ... 2,000 in the state of Florida alone."
Broward County was one of three counties in the nation "pivotal to an Obama victory" in 2012.
The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."
The election bill "allows persons to correct an absentee ballot if they did not sign it and requires an extra two hours a day for early voting. Everything else in this bill is discretionary."
The Miami Dolphins "are the only NFL team in the entire nation that pays property taxes."
Ché Guevara "wrote extensively about the superiority of white Europeans over people of African descent."
A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature "would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists."
Recent stories from Amy Sherman
Our latest tally of Rick Scott's campaign promisesHow did Scott's promises fare during this year's legislative session? We pulled out our Scott-O-Meter.
Fact-checking more claims about the sequesterBroad-based cuts to the federal budget are starting to have an impact on states and cities. We look at our latest round of fact-checks on the cuts known as sequestration.
Fact-checking more claims about the sequesterBroad-based cuts to the federal budget are starting to have an impact on states and cities. We look at our latest round of fact-checks on the cuts known as sequestration.
PolitiFact Florida tackles claims about Miami Dolphins stadiumThe Miami Dolphins are asking for public help to finance a major stadium renovation. We check the facts.
Sen. Marco Rubio is in the news and on the MeterWe fact-check statements by the Florida senator on immigration and Ché Guevara.
Jeb Bush’s story of the mom who inspired him to help the disabledAt CPAC, the former governor said conservatives should make personal connections and help people. To illustrate the point, he told the story of a mother he met on the campaign trail. We checked into the facts behind the story.
Jeb Bush’s story of the mom who inspired him to help the disabledAt CPAC, Bush told a brief anecdote about how conservatives should make personal connections and help people. Here's the rest of the story.
Email fabricates foreign students getting a free rideWe flunk a chain email that claims foreign students get Pell grants, gas cards and child care before they head back home.
Fact-checking Florida at CPACWhat did Florida's conservatives have to say at their annual gathering? We check the facts.
Florida goes to CPACIt’s the regular gathering of conservatives from around the country. Florida will be well represented, and we’ll be checking the facts.
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