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"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, January 17th, 2020

"About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, January 10th, 2020

"80% of children born in developing countries die of cancer each year." 

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, December 20th, 2019

"George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, December 17th, 2019

Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, December 17th, 2019

"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, December 12th, 2019

Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019

"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

 "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, November 21st, 2019

The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, November 15th, 2019

Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, November 11th, 2019

"As we have learned, the Intel Inspector General (IG) changed the rule after the complaint was known in order to allow hearsay complaints, but the IG dishonestly backdated the rule change so that damage could be done to President Trump."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019

"The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, October 17th, 2019

Says the Associated Press was wrong to report that "Income Inequality grew to largest in 50 years" because in a "new Census report all four measures of income inequality SHRUNK, reversing rise over past five decades."

— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, October 12th, 2019

"50% of the DUIs on Interstate 35 are from illegals. Ninety percent of the 50% have absolutely no identification."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 4th, 2019

"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, September 20th, 2019

"Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, September 18th, 2019

"There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, September 9th, 2019

"The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, August 27th, 2019