Katie SandersPolitiFact Florida staff writer
Katie Sanders is a PolitiFact Florida staff writer who also writes for the Tallahassee bureau of the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Katie Sanders
"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."
"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."
Says Gov. Rick Scott allowed Republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.
"Odd fact for odd draft: No. 2 overall pick will earn more than the No. 1 pick due to no state tax in Florida. So 2 not so bad."
"Abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973."
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 "working tax cut" created "over 40,000 new jobs in just the last four years."
"Rick Scott has paid down our debt by about $2 billion. Charlie Crist’s debt went up about $5 billion."
"In 2010 alone, 1,270 infants were reported to have died following attempted abortions and notably that is only one year."
Recent stories from Katie Sanders
Fact-checking House Speaker Will WeatherfordThe Republican from Pasco County was everywhere during the legislative session. We checked out his talking points.
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.
Fact-checking Florida at CPACWhat did Florida's conservatives have to say at their annual gathering? We check the facts.
Fact-checking CPAC, the 'Woodstock for conservatives'The Conservative Political Action Conference has become a prominent event for conservatives. We put the speeches to the Truth-O-Meter.
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.
Fact-checking Gov. Rick Scott's 'State of the State'We turn on the Truth-O-Meter for Scott's speech and 'pre-buttals' from the Democrats.
PolitiFact Florida presents: Legislature 101How can you tell when a bill is dead? How many lobbyists are there? What's the one piece of legislation that must pass?
Tracking the top 2013 legislative issuesWhat will happen in Tallahassee this legislative session? Here's the low-down on the issues we're tracking.
Fact-checking the State of the Union addressWe've fact-checked statements from President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as well as from the Republican reaction. We'll be posting more fact-checks as we finish them.
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