Proposal didn't reach voters
Paul Bettencourt
Says a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the Dallas school district.
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 23rd, 2016
California's close
Charley Wilkison
"Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, September 19th, 2016
Costs at both ends of childhood
Donna Howard
Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 2nd, 2016
Selective
Sean Hannity
Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.
Sticky truth
James Woods
"The Dallas Cowboys can’t put a sticker on their helmets for the 5 police officers who were killed."
— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Jones said it 'pretty much didn't happen'
Hillary Clinton
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
Wary of campus carry
Lisa Moore
Says there are "concrete examples" of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 26th, 2016
Sliced every which way
Julián Castro
"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
An uptick
Ruben Hinojosa
"50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, August 15th, 2016
By 3 percent
Jonathan Jarvis
The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 24th, 2016
Bushian
Greg Abbott
The 2015 Legislature "passed the fewest laws in 20 years."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 3rd, 2016
French ranks No. 3 nationally
John Cornyn
"Vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language in Texas."
— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Students mastered test
Don Willett
Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 20th, 2016
Patently so
Steve Adler
"Austin is number one in Texas in startups, venture capital and patents."
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 13th, 2016
Negative pricing? Sometimes
Barack Obama
"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Smith touts a non-debate
Matt McCall
"During three and a half years of campaigning," Lamar Smith "has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, March 28th, 2016
Latinos 17, Latinas 0
Stephanie Schriock
"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, February 29th, 2016
A waiting wall
Rick Perry
"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, February 27th, 2016
But Texas trails four other states as the fastest growing
Joe Straus
"Texas is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country."
— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, January 30th, 2016
A California 'just kidding'
Glenn Beck
"In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016