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Mississippi Today Fact Check

Mississippi Today reporters regularly research and provide context by checking facts on statements made by elected officials and political candidates about health care, social services, taxes, education, jobs and the economy.

Fact check: Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves' claims about jobs and the Mississippi economy

By Anna Wolfe | October 8, 2019

Mississippi Today analyzed and provided context for several of the lieutenant governor’s statements about the strength of the state economy, using federal labor data and interviews with state economist Darrin Webb

Fact check: Democrat Baria's claim about legislative budget under GOP leadership

Fact check: Gov. Phil Bryant's 2019 State of the State address

Fact check: Gov. Bryant's claims about abortion numbers, black women

Fact check: McDaniel's claim that women fake '99 percent' of sexual assault claims

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Fact-checking Mike Espy and Cindy Hyde-Smith

By Mississippi Today | August 13, 2018

What Senate candidates Mike Espy and Cindy Hyde-Smith got wrong during 2018 Neshoba County Fair speeches

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Fact check: Chris McDaniel

By Mississippi Today | August 13, 2018

What Senate candidate Chris McDaniel got wrong during his Neshoba County Fair speech

Politics

Fact check: U.S. Senate candidates at the Neshoba County Fair

By Adam Ganucheau, Kayleigh Skinner, Larrison Campbell and Bobby Harrison | August 7, 2018

Mississippi Today’s reporters researched and provided context for several of the statements about health care, social services, jobs and the economy

Fact check: Tate Reeves and Jim Hood Neshoba fair speeches

By Adam Ganucheau, Kayleigh Skinner and Larrison Campbell | August 6, 2018

We fact checked and added context to speeches delivered by two possible contenders in the 2019 governor’s race

Politics

Fact check: Gov. Phil Bryant’s Neshoba County Fair speech

By Larrison Campbell, Adam Ganucheau and Bobby Harrison | August 6, 2018

Mississippi Today researched and provided context for several of the governor’s statements about health care, jobs and the economy

A matter of facts: The background behind Bryant’s State of the State speech

By R.L. Nave, Larrison Campbell, Kayleigh Skinner, Kate Royals and Adam Ganucheau | January 10, 2018

Mississippi Today reporters offer context to comments on education, health care and the economy made by Gov. Phil Bryant during Tuesday’s address