3 People 7746 Fact-checks 2684 Articles People (3) Texans for Economic Development Georgia Department of Economic Development Missouri Department of Economic Development Fact-checks (7746) Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2018 in in a TV ad: "Fourth grade reading and math scores, first in the nation. Eighth grade reading, first. High school AP classes and college education, both ranked first in the nation." By Kyra Haas• September 26, 2018 Bloggers stated on April 12, 2018 in a blog post: "Obama Announces Bid To Become UN Secretary General" By Miriam Valverde• April 13, 2018 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 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 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 Glenn Youngkin stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.: “Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…” By Warren Fiske• February 2, 2022 Viral image stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader." By Ciara O'Rourke• February 14, 2019 Lupe Valdez stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman: "I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio." By W. Gardner Selby• May 3, 2018 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 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 Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Former President Barack Obama gave Presidential Medals of Freedom to Bill Cosby, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein. By Daniel Funke• July 16, 2019 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 Articles (2684) Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address By Emily Delgado, Liam Halawith, Sabine Martin, Lauren White• January 12, 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 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Wheeling, W.Va. By Mitchell Blahut, Bob Britten, Louis Jacobson, Emily Martin, Douglas Soule• September 30, 2018 Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019 UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2013 Fact-checking Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire on education, economy and drugs By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 15, 2023 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 Trump says North Carolina’s economy is the ‘best’ in state history By Elizabeth Thompson• July 27, 2019 Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• January 17, 2012 By the numbers: Is college worth the cost? By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Fact-checking the Fox debate in South Carolina By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 17, 2012 Are wages rising? Brat and Spanberger disagree By Warren Fiske• October 30, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump's talking points about the economy By Louis Jacobson• July 27, 2018 Fact-checking the Democratic claim that Amazon doesn't pay taxes By Miriam Valverde• February 8, 2020 Donald Trump on the campaign stump: His most glaring falsehoods By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2018 Donald Trump said he's done more for African Americans than any president. Historians disagree By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2019 Has West Virginia's economy boomed since Trump, Justice took office? By Darby Coughlin, Mackenzie Myers• October 3, 2019
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Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2018 in in a TV ad: "Fourth grade reading and math scores, first in the nation. Eighth grade reading, first. High school AP classes and college education, both ranked first in the nation." By Kyra Haas• September 26, 2018 Bloggers stated on April 12, 2018 in a blog post: "Obama Announces Bid To Become UN Secretary General" By Miriam Valverde• April 13, 2018 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 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 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 Glenn Youngkin stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.: “Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…” By Warren Fiske• February 2, 2022 Viral image stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader." By Ciara O'Rourke• February 14, 2019 Lupe Valdez stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman: "I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio." By W. Gardner Selby• May 3, 2018 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 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 Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Former President Barack Obama gave Presidential Medals of Freedom to Bill Cosby, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein. By Daniel Funke• July 16, 2019 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
Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address By Emily Delgado, Liam Halawith, Sabine Martin, Lauren White• January 12, 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 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Wheeling, W.Va. By Mitchell Blahut, Bob Britten, Louis Jacobson, Emily Martin, Douglas Soule• September 30, 2018 Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019 UPDATED: California pokes at Texas mostly hold up By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2013 Fact-checking Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire on education, economy and drugs By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 15, 2023 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 Trump says North Carolina’s economy is the ‘best’ in state history By Elizabeth Thompson• July 27, 2019 Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speech By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• January 17, 2012 By the numbers: Is college worth the cost? By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Fact-checking the Fox debate in South Carolina By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 17, 2012 Are wages rising? Brat and Spanberger disagree By Warren Fiske• October 30, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump's talking points about the economy By Louis Jacobson• July 27, 2018 Fact-checking the Democratic claim that Amazon doesn't pay taxes By Miriam Valverde• February 8, 2020 Donald Trump on the campaign stump: His most glaring falsehoods By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2018 Donald Trump said he's done more for African Americans than any president. Historians disagree By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2019 Has West Virginia's economy boomed since Trump, Justice took office? By Darby Coughlin, Mackenzie Myers• October 3, 2019
