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Senator Luther Olsen accurately claimed the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee secured $200 million more in K-12 funding than Walker’s initial 2015-17 budget called for, but a significant portion is used for property tax relief and private school vouchers.
Steve Doyle doesn’t believe the state voucher program should expand in his district because quality schools already exist. Are all schools in the 94th district meeting state expectations?
Funding for transportation projects in Wisconsin is always a contentious topic. Some areas of the state tend to get more attention than others, but when it comes to determining how bad Wisconsin’s roads really are, there answer is anything but clear cut.
Maggie Hassan defeated incumbent Kelly Ayotte for the U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire, but was she right about Ayotte’s record on reproductive health?
Republican New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who split with Donald Trump, accused her challenger, Gov. Maggie Hassan, of unwavering support of the Democratic nominee for president. We check out that claim.
Quinn’s statement on Wisconsin veterans in the workforce contained one truth and one fact that was a bit off
Rep. Dave Considine, D-Baraboo, said most of his area’s employers pay $10 or $11 an hour. When it comes to store clerks and farm workers, he is pretty close to right.
The Republican senator from Pennsylvania said he voted in favor of the “No-Fly, No-Buy” legislation but that partisan politics killed it.
Maggie Hassan defeated incumbent Kelly Ayotte for the U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire, but was she right about Ayotte’s record on reproductive health?
Waupaca Mayor Brian Smith expressed his disapproval of extending the UW System’s in-state tuition freeze through a fifth year, citing the decision makers’ lack of a plan for dealing with the losses suffered from the freeze.