3 People 4806 Fact-checks 1615 Articles People (3) Texans for Economic Development Georgia Department of Economic Development Missouri Department of Economic Development Fact-checks (4806) Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent." By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2010 Tommy Tuberville stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference: "Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.” By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2023 Pam Stewart stated on August 19, 2013 in a letter to the editor in the "Miami Herald": Florida’s "high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with Florida leading the nation in the rate of Hispanic graduates." By Amy Sherman• August 23, 2013 Dan Gelber stated on June 21, 2015 in a Miami Herald op-ed: "After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom." By Amy Sherman• June 24, 2015 Alex Sink stated on July 08, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website: "Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average." By Cristina Silva• July 8, 2010 Rick Santorum stated on November 09, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan: "The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees." By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2011 Melissa Johnson stated on August 06, 2015 in a report: Georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED. By Nancy Badertscher• September 2, 2015 Mark Pocan stated on September 13, 2017 in a tweet: Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon." By Tom Kertscher• September 18, 2017 L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release: "It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults." By Nancy Badertscher• December 16, 2014 Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.: Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma." By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012 Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars." By Aaron Marshall• August 30, 2011 Charlie Crist stated on March 02, 2010 in his State of the State address: "Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been." By Lee Logan• March 3, 2010 Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.": Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree." By Katharina Fiedler• April 8, 2015 Rick Perry stated on April 06, 2010 in a press release: "The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent." By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 9, 2010 Paul Ryan stated on December 04, 2012 in a speech: "One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate." By Tom Kertscher• December 23, 2012 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address: "(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker." By Becky Bowers• January 25, 2012 Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release: “Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.” By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023 Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022 Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial.: Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas. By W. Gardner Selby• February 8, 2013 Rudy Moise stated on May 01, 2012 in a campaign website: The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent." By Amy Sherman• May 7, 2012 Articles (1615) RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023 Tax break extension a Compromise for Perry By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• July 25, 2011 Checking up on Gov. Bob McDonnell’s claims on higher education By Jacob Geiger• January 31, 2011 Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst debate for the second time in five days By W. Gardner Selby• May 7, 2014 UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2013 Which campaign promises did Joe Biden tackle first? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 22, 2021 Democrats paint different picture of Perry's state By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 10, 2011 A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget? By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2023 A fresh untruth about tuition for undocumented students By Sue Owen• May 25, 2012 It's EPA vs. U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate change By Steve Contorno• May 30, 2014 Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• January 17, 2012 PolitiFact’s Biden Promise Tracker: Monitoring 100 of his campaign promises By Amy Sherman• January 20, 2021 Cuyahoga County budget claim leads to confusion for Ed FitzGerald's gubernatorial campaign By Tom Feran• June 28, 2013 Fact-checking Sarah Palin and Nov. 24 Sunday shows By Aaron Sharockman• November 24, 2013 Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 24 shows By Aaron Sharockman• November 24, 2013 Fact-checking the Fox debate in South Carolina By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 17, 2012 Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2013 Jeff Merkley's Social Security claim elicits blasts from both sides: PolitiFact Oregon By Dana Tims• September 12, 2014 Fact-checking attacks on the DREAM Act By Robert Farley, Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010 Fact-checking attacks on the DREAM Act By Robert Farley, Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010
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Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent." By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2010 Tommy Tuberville stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference: "Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.” By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2023 Pam Stewart stated on August 19, 2013 in a letter to the editor in the "Miami Herald": Florida’s "high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with Florida leading the nation in the rate of Hispanic graduates." By Amy Sherman• August 23, 2013 Dan Gelber stated on June 21, 2015 in a Miami Herald op-ed: "After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom." By Amy Sherman• June 24, 2015 Alex Sink stated on July 08, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website: "Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average." By Cristina Silva• July 8, 2010 Rick Santorum stated on November 09, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan: "The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees." By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2011 Melissa Johnson stated on August 06, 2015 in a report: Georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED. By Nancy Badertscher• September 2, 2015 Mark Pocan stated on September 13, 2017 in a tweet: Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon." By Tom Kertscher• September 18, 2017 L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release: "It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults." By Nancy Badertscher• December 16, 2014 Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.: Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma." By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012 Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars." By Aaron Marshall• August 30, 2011 Charlie Crist stated on March 02, 2010 in his State of the State address: "Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been." By Lee Logan• March 3, 2010 Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.": Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree." By Katharina Fiedler• April 8, 2015 Rick Perry stated on April 06, 2010 in a press release: "The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent." By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 9, 2010 Paul Ryan stated on December 04, 2012 in a speech: "One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate." By Tom Kertscher• December 23, 2012 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address: "(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker." By Becky Bowers• January 25, 2012 Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release: “Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.” By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023 Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022 Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial.: Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas. By W. Gardner Selby• February 8, 2013 Rudy Moise stated on May 01, 2012 in a campaign website: The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent." By Amy Sherman• May 7, 2012
RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023 Tax break extension a Compromise for Perry By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• July 25, 2011 Checking up on Gov. Bob McDonnell’s claims on higher education By Jacob Geiger• January 31, 2011 Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst debate for the second time in five days By W. Gardner Selby• May 7, 2014 UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2013 Which campaign promises did Joe Biden tackle first? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 22, 2021 Democrats paint different picture of Perry's state By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 10, 2011 A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget? By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2023 A fresh untruth about tuition for undocumented students By Sue Owen• May 25, 2012 It's EPA vs. U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate change By Steve Contorno• May 30, 2014 Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• January 17, 2012 PolitiFact’s Biden Promise Tracker: Monitoring 100 of his campaign promises By Amy Sherman• January 20, 2021 Cuyahoga County budget claim leads to confusion for Ed FitzGerald's gubernatorial campaign By Tom Feran• June 28, 2013 Fact-checking Sarah Palin and Nov. 24 Sunday shows By Aaron Sharockman• November 24, 2013 Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 24 shows By Aaron Sharockman• November 24, 2013 Fact-checking the Fox debate in South Carolina By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 17, 2012 Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2013 Jeff Merkley's Social Security claim elicits blasts from both sides: PolitiFact Oregon By Dana Tims• September 12, 2014 Fact-checking attacks on the DREAM Act By Robert Farley, Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010 Fact-checking attacks on the DREAM Act By Robert Farley, Aaron Sharockman• December 8, 2010
