Yes. A national poll in March 2023 found 19% of respondents said they have a family member who was killed by a gun, including suicide.
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Has college tuition increased four times the rate of inflation since Ronald Reagan was president?
No. Nationwide, college tuition has increased about three times as much as inflation since Ronald Reagan’s presidency ended in January 1989.
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Has Wisconsin been decided by less than 1 percentage point in four of the last six presidential elections?
Yes. The candidate who carried Wisconsin in the 2020, 2016, 2004 and 2000 presidential elections won the state by less than 1 percentage point.
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Does Wisconsin’s constitution ‘clearly’ say the Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice administers the Supreme Court?
No. The chief justice is the administrative head, but administering the court is “pursuant to procedures adopted by the Supreme Court.” There’s disagreement over what the constitution means.
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Did Florida decide that its middle school curriculum will include that some enslaved people benefited from slavery?
Yes. Instruction includes “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
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Did a Marquette University poll find that 50% of US Republicans don’t believe that Donald Trump had classified documents at Mar-a-Lago?
Yes. Among Republican respondents, 50% said they didn’t believe Trump had top secret and other classified documents at his home in Mar-a-Lago last year.
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Do Republican presidential candidates participating in the Milwaukee debate have to pledge not to participate in debates the GOP doesn’t sanction?
Yes. To participate, candidates must meet several requirements, including having 40,000 unique donors to their campaign and earning a minimum amount of support in polls.
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Has Milwaukee Public Schools enrollment dropped 10% in three years?
Yes. Milwaukee Public Schools enrollment was 67,500 in the 2022-23 school year — 9.6% less than the 2019-20 enrollment of 74,683.
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Are Republican presidential candidates offering financial incentives to campaign donors in order to qualify for the Milwaukee debate?
Yes. At least three Republican presidential candidates have offered financial incentives to supporters in an attempt to qualify for the Milwaukee debate.
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Do all state laws allow people to travel to get abortion access?
Yes. No state currently outlaws traveling for an abortion. However, some states, including Texas, Missouri and Tennessee have made efforts to restrict residents from helping others obtain out-of-state abortions.
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Is teaching the Bible in public school unconstitutional?
No. It is not unconstitutional to teach about the Bible in public schools.
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Did the US debt increase by $7.8 trillion during Donald Trump’s presidency?
Yes. The national debt on Jan. 19, 2017, the day before Donald Trump was inaugurated president, was $19,944,429,217,107.