Kidnappings, Social Security, it's your turn
Phoenix is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the worldSome readers thought we unfairly targeted Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for repeating a provocative claim that he had been “told.” “Dewhurst said ‘I'm...
View ArticleCaller: How would you vote (just 'tween us and the Truth-O-Meter)?
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, harvested a 2009 snippet from a public-access cable TV show as his basis for saying his GOP challenger, Donna Campbell, favors ending federal education aid. Indeed,...
View ArticlePerry-O-Meter: Guv kept education funds promise
It was a long haul, but with $830 million in federal education aid poised to flow into the state, we’re rating Gov. Rick Perry’s promise to secure the money as Kept. U.S. Education Secretary Arne...
View ArticleFact-checking claims about the Texas economy
During a time of economic woes, Texas has been a bright spot. The state's economy often has fared better than other states, and Gov. Rick Perry says his success is an example of what he would do as...
View ArticleRick Perry and the Texas economy
During a time of economic woes, Texas has been a bright spot. The state's economy often has fared better than other states, and Gov. Rick Perry says his success is an example of what he would do as...
View ArticlePolitiFact checked more than 30 candidate claims before Texas party primaries
This year had barely begun before we tackled our first claim by a candidate seeking the support of Texas voters in this week’s primaries. Former ESPN analyst Craig James, among Republicans seeking to...
View ArticleDoggett v. Cornyn
John Cornyn of Texas--big bad John to close followers--recently wrote that it might take a partial shutdown of the government for Congress to establish fiscal balance. That speculation by the state’s...
View ArticleUPDATED: Government shutdown shuttered House’s “official” laundry
U.S. Rep. Roger Williams hopes for budget cuts and opposed any bump up in the federal debt ceiling. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t feel the partial shutdown of the federal government. The first-term...
View ArticleTake 200 Texas fact checks, call us after Election Day
We learned a lot in some 200 fact checks completed since we found True Greg Abbott’s May 2013 claim that he’d sued the Barack Obama administration 25 times, (The count was higher.) In honor of Election...
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