Don Pridemore

Newly revised figures accurately quoted

Among Milwaukee Public Schools students, "86 percent are behind in reading and 80 percent are behind in math."  

Paul Ryan

$1 trillion benefits more than just those in poverty

"Over $1 trillion" was spent on anti-poverty programs in 2011, enough to "give every single poor American a check for $22,000."

Kevin Reilly

Not for everybody, but accurate in the aggregate

"Faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average."

Paul Ryan

On target, for public schools

"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."

Promise: Create 250,000 new jobs

Update: A swing to the positive

The Campaign to Fix the Debt

Not even close

"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."

Promise: Reopen tourism visitor centers closed under Gov. Jim Doyle

Update: All are back in operation

Marina Dimitrijevic

Actually, falling home values brought it down

Thanks to actions by the Milwaukee County Board on the 2013 budget, the amount of county taxes on the average home in the city of Milwaukee "would be a $19 decrease."

Mike Tate

Uh, it's still there

"Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."

Scott Walker

His own administration warned against this math

Wisconsin has created "just under 100,000" jobs since he took office.  

One Wisconsin Now

Some truth in both parts of the claim

Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy."

Marina Dimitrijevic

Some will to some extent

Milwaukee County government employees pay "much more" for their health care than City of Milwaukee or State of Wisconsin employees.

Sandy Pasch

Lost the war but won this talking point

Democratic Party candidates for the state Assembly "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts in the 2012 election  

Scott Walker

Made some news out West

Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain  

Ron Johnson

Cratered might be a better way of describing it

Says President Barack Obama "did not come into office with the economy in a free fall."

Jon Erpenbach

Tea party has promoted that hope; Walker, not really

Says Gov. Scott Walker has "led people to believe that if Wisconsin doesn’t implement a (health-care) exchange, Obamacare doesn’t happen here."  

Health First Wisconsin

At least three other states make it a family affair

"Wisconsin is the only state that allows parents or guardians to purchase alcohol for their children – regardless of whether that child is seven or 20 years old – at bars and restaurants."

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Secular term goes too far

"Secular Americans are the fastest-growing religious identification demographic in this country."  

Promise: Increase access to state lands for hunters

Update: Some $5 million in improvements OKd in budget, many already complete

Promise: Create 250,000 new jobs

Update: October report slides the year into negative territory