Saturday is election day for the Austin City Council runoff between Randi Shade and Kathie Tovo. The Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas recently published two more fact checks investigating claims the candidates made. Shade had claimed that her opponent believed that Austin...
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Early voting is underway in advance of next week’s runoff election for a seat on the Austin City Council. Candidates Randi Shade and Kathie Tovo have only a few days left to position themselves in the race. Together with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman’s Politifact, KUT’s...
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Texas lawmakers have landed up in a special session. But in national politics it’s a different story. KUT’s Emily Donahue sat down this week with Garner Selby of the Statesman’s Politifact Texas. This week, Politifact traveled away from Texas and looked into presidential politics and...
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There are just a few days left in the Texas Legislative session and lawmakers are scrambling to finalize a host of bills before the break on May 30. Keeping track of who said what about which issue has been the Austin American-Statesman's Politifact Texas. KUT's Emily Donahue spoke with Austin...
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Words are a lawmaker's stock in trade. With 181 legislators under the State Capitol dome, political observers have a lot of words to sort through....
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Distilling facts from the campaign trail....
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