Higher turnout in, lo, 2008
Greg Abbott
Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."
— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Deputy registrars must provide registration applications
Paul Saldaña
A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, January 29th, 2016
2008 data suggests 30 percent of women of childbearing age
Wendy Davis
"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
UPDATED: Define your terms
Dan Patrick
Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, January 13th, 2016
One clear-cut incident
In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
Campus Open Carry claim half true
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT
"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, November 23rd, 2015
More conditions apply
Greenville Gazette
Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, November 6th, 2015
Detainees have rights
Ted Cruz
"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 28th, 2015
Texas, may I?
Glenn Hegar
"Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal gov't wants to create a park, they must ask permission!"
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, July 17th, 2015
Lions and tigers and martial law
Doonesbury
Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 19th, 2015
Some Austin teachers fare better
Gina Hinojosa
Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district."
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
Others strapped too
Sharlene Leurig
"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, May 18th, 2015
Room to improve
Sid Miller
Texas agriculture is "at 98 percent efficiency" in water use and "just about maxed out as to what we can do on the conservation end of it."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, May 4th, 2015
Different measures show New York worse
Steve Adler
Austin has "gone from being the 24th most congested city just about 10 years ago to being the fourth most congested — more congested than NYC."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
Hurd cited focus on other committees
Pete Gallego
"Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time to serve."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
Not every test, not every place
Dallas "African-American and Hispanic students pass AP exams at a higher rate than any other place in America."
— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 26th, 2015
UPDATED: But for a few longshots
Rick Perry
"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Cherry-picking time
"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 20th, 2015
Partly speculative
Paul Stekler
Louisiana’s film incentives program is so big "they actually shot an upcoming film initially titled ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ in New Orleans!"
— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, February 7th, 2015
U.S. government disagrees
Molly White
The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 6th, 2015