Tony Evers
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“After 30 years of Wisconsin's checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account.”
self record·2024-12-28·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - True
“Wisconsin had a record-breaking year for tourism in 2023.”
self record·2024-06-11·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - True
“We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.”
self record·2024-02-11·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - True
“In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.”
self record·2024-01-23·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - Mixed
“Used a partial veto in 2023 to extend a $325 per-pupil school revenue limit increase for 400 years — driving long-term property tax increases.”
self record·2023-07-05·1 source·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence
- False
“The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers' budget is a bipartisan plan.”
policy plan·2023-03-08·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - True
“Wisconsin is the nation's top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country's crop.”
other·2022-12-28·1 source·by PolitiFact · 3 evidence
- Mixed
“During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”
self record·2022-12-27· - Mixed
“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
other·2022-11-14· - Mixed
“If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant from rape or incest, Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby.”
other·2022-10-19·1 source·by PolitiFact · 3 evidence
- Mixed
“Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it "the definition of insanity" to continue to fund public schools.”
other·2022-10-06·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - Mixed
“We are number one in the country as far as our spending [COVID-19 relief] money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive.”
self record·2022-07-24·1 source·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence
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“Wisconsin's archaic abortion ban is older than 20 states.”
other·2022-06-13·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence - True
“Last week, I granted another 54 pardons, bringing our total to 391 — more than any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
self record·2022-01-13·1 source·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence
- Mixed
“Endorses a Democrat-backed bill to repeal Wisconsin's personal property tax on businesses after vetoing a similar Republican version weeks earlier.”
policy plan·2021-09-22· - Mixed
“We fixed that agreement and found a better deal with Foxconn that will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion while still bringing good, family-supporting jobs to Wisconsin.”
self record·2021-04-21· - Mixed
“Regulating and taxing marijuana — much like we do alcohol — would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022.”
policy plan·2021-04-14· - Mixed
“It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a COVID-19 bill during this pandemic.”
other·2021-03-30· - True
“There's still only a handful of school districts doing no in-person instruction.”
self record·2021-03-14·1 source·by PolitiFact · 2 evidence
- Mixed
“The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical [unemployment] supports when they need it most.”
other·2021-01-12·