PolitiFact Missouri

Sorting out the Truth in Missouri politics. Email us at [email protected].

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State Rep. Tracy McCreery, D-St. Louis, is right. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among 15-19 year olds and 25-34 year olds in Missouri. We rate this claim True. https://t.co/aCzYw9KSU6

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CORRECTION: Rep. Patricia Pike proposed a bill that would "tighten restrictions" on powdered alcohol. The previous tweet that says the bill would ban powdered alcohol is incorrect.

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Powdered alcohol (yes you read that right) is legal in Missouri. Rep. Patricia Pike proposed a bill to ban it in the state, claiming that “Over 30 states passed the legislation to ban powdered alcohol.” We rate this claim True. https://t.co/KxuGFTSVOg

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Rep. Cody Smith said “on our current trajectory, we’ll be 2,000 prison beds short by 2021...We’ll need two new prisons soon, at the cost of $485 million over the next five years.” His claim could use more context, we rate it Half True.
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Rep. Cody Smith's numbers were right when he said Missouri's transportation department "already has a heavy debt load and has paid more than $700 million in debt payments in just the last two years," but need some context. We rate this Mostly True. https://t.co/Z8r2jNt0Og

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Rep. Dave Muntzel said "one-fourth of the vehicles on (Missouri’s) highways are defective." We rate this Half True.

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Half True. State Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin claims "When comparing state by state, the data clearly demonstrates that over 20 other states with PDMPs are still substantially worse off than Missouri in terms of curbing the effects of opioid abuse." https://t.co/WlQKL2uKzT

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Half True: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch's claim that "We have an unemployment [rate of] 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers." Here are the details:
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Maxine Lipeles, director of Washington University Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic, was correct when she claimed that Missouri's coal ash ponds are contaminating Missouri's groundwater. Our reporting:
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Missouri Rep. Dave Griffith, while arguing for a bill that would establish more veteran treatment courts in Missouri, said that "Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court."We rate this claim False. https://t.co/SDcPhp09zl

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O'Fallon Rep. Nick Schroer said "There are statistics out there that show the number of women who died from illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade, that number has skyrocketed since with women dying more with legal abortions." We rate this Pants on Fire. https://t.co/MUSmPUb3eF

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After the St. Louis Rams left for LA, St. Louis was stuck with a stadium without a tenant. How much debt does Missouri still owe on the Edward Jones Dome?
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Missouri State University President Clif Smart was right, Missouri ranks toward the bottom of higher education funding.
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Did zero African Americans present the state budget to the House Budget Committee this year as Rep. Tommie Pierson Jr said? True: https://t.co/qwukwtAfMc

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons was right when he said 65-70% of Missourians do not have degrees. https://t.co/8E5pTZUioL

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Happy International #FactCheckingDay! @Poynter explains how to make the most of this day dedicated to truth: https://t.co/5Db71sucGf

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State Rep. Hannah Kelly raised concerns that schools in her district for children with special needs don't have kitchens. While it's not true that these schools don't have kitchens, the kitchens they do have are not suitable to serve an entire school. https://t.co/KUqWU6lcMe