Statements we say are True

Atlanta neighborhood association

The murder rate in Atlanta is on the rise this year.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District

Replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

Various media reports

Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

Athens Banner-Herald

Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Austin Scott

Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Monday, June 15th, 2015

State Farm Insurance

Georgia residents file the most insurance claims for lightning strikes in the country.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

Lee May

"Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."

— PolitiFact Georgia on Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

Nathan Deal

"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."

— PolitiFact Georgia on Friday, June 5th, 2015

Institute for Women's Policy Research

Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Russell McMurry

Georgia is on track for 1,200 traffic fatalities this year, a reversal of nine years of declines.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, May 20th, 2015

Senate Democrats

The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.  

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Georgia Department of Transportation

Distracted driving such as texting behind the wheel is behind a rise in traffic deaths on Georgia roadways this year.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

Mary Margaret Oliver

Lawmakers were paid for their off-season efforts to, for the first time, take the lead in drawing borders for two would-be cities.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Tom Price

Under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Friday, March 27th, 2015

Rich Golick

Uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under Georgia law. 

— PolitiFact Georgia on Friday, March 20th, 2015

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The proposed transportation tax plan revokes a tax-credit for consumers’ electric cars while the state retains similar credits for similar vehicles for businesses.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Monday, March 16th, 2015

The Associated Press

Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.    

— PolitiFact Georgia on Friday, March 13th, 2015

The Associated Press

Georgia’s share of money from the Federal Highway Trust Fund declined 12 percent between 2008 and 2013.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

Trebor Banstetter

A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines’ jet fuel tax breaks "violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the Federal Aviation Administration."

— PolitiFact Georgia on Monday, February 23rd, 2015

Alan Essig

The governor’s budget proposal reduces the state austerity cut to education to under $500 million for 2016.

— PolitiFact Georgia on Friday, February 6th, 2015