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Says that under the Obamacare law, health insurance "premiums have increased by more than 105 percent since" 2013.
— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
State plus federal aid
Texas "spent close to a third of its budget on Medicaid last year, a third of all state spending."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Subject to overcounting
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 71.2 percent of Hispanic registered voters in Texas and over 86 percent of African American registered voters participated in the 2012 elections.
— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 16th, 2013
What do iPods, BlackBerrys and ants have in common?
"Taxpayer money will provide iPod Touch devices to high school students in Utah, BlackBerry smart phones to smokers who kick the habit and funding for a study of exotic ants in East Africa."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010