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Bloggers stated on December 12, 2017 in a post on Facebook:

"Surgeon who exposed Clinton Foundation corruption in Haiti found dead in apartment with stab wound to chest." — Intellihub

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2018

Diane Douglas stated on February 04, 2016 in remarks made during a state Senate Education Committee meeting.:

The Arizona State Board of Education’s "failure to report teachers whose certifications have been revoked or suspended ... resulted in the death of a student."

By Anthony Cave• February 19, 2016

Robin Vos stated on March 12, 2015 in an interview:

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed reduction in university spending is "about the size of the one" under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, but Democrats didn’t treat Doyle’s cut as so dire.

By Dave Umhoefer• March 25, 2015

Tyler August stated on May 03, 2024 in Newsletter:

“Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate.”

By Sophia Voight• May 15, 2024

Scott Walker stated on May 10, 2016 in a news release:

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has "2.8 students per faculty" member, "tied for second-lowest in its history since 1994."

By Tom Kertscher• May 13, 2016

Bloggers stated on May 02, 2017 in a web post on ihavethetruth.com:

A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 10, 2017

Nick Schroer stated on October 17, 2017 in a tweet:

"FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind."

By Katelyn Brown• November 18, 2017

Mary Burke stated on September 22, 2014 in an interview:

"We have 41,000 people right now on the waitlist for financial-based assistance for our tech colleges and universities," most of them for tech schools.

By Dave Umhoefer• October 2, 2014

Jay Rothman stated on December 01, 2024 in TV interview:

“The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.”

By Hope Karnopp• December 12, 2024

Scott Walker stated on January 22, 2014 in a speech:

"After years of 5.5 percent average tuition increases, we now have a two-year tuition freeze for the first time in the history of the UW System."

By Tom Kertscher• January 23, 2014

Russ Feingold stated on June 03, 2016 in a speech:

The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."

By Sarah Hauer• June 17, 2016

Mary Burke stated on June 02, 2014 in an interview:

"Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education."

By Devon Waugh• June 27, 2014

Dale Kooyenga stated on August 31, 2015 in a radio interview:

The University of Wisconsin System "is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin."

By James B. Nelson• September 18, 2015

Our Democracy 2020 stated on October 26, 2016 in a news release:

Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."

By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2016

Greta Neubauer stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”

By Hope Karnopp• April 24, 2024

Viral image stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A girl was “decapitated” in front of her parents by a Somali migrant. Media “covered up” the murder.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 15, 2020

Jodi Emerson stated on November 07, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:

"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."

By Hope Karnopp• December 5, 2023

Mary Burke stated on April 18, 2014 in an interview:

"Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career" due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.

By Dave Umhoefer• June 13, 2014

TikTok posts stated on January 30, 2021 in a sound:

"Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."

By Daniel Funke• February 17, 2021

Dave Murphy stated on November 07, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:

"Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.”

By Ricardo Torres• January 17, 2024

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