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Libby Stanford is a reporter for PolitiFact Missouri and a public life reporter for the Columbia Missourian. Before PolitiFact, she worked at The Independent in London.

Featured Statements

Jeff Jensen
stated on November 20, 2019 in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio:

"It’s nothing I do, but the probation office here in the Eastern District of Missouri is the best in the country. They have about a 7.5% recidivism rate, compared to national averages of 70 or 80%"

By Libby Stanford • December 31, 2019
Brian Treece
stated on October 17, 2019 in a press conference:

Columbia, Mo., is "one of the fastest growing cities in the region, the only city in the state to grow jobs faster than the nation as a whole."

By Libby Stanford • November 16, 2019
Vicky Hartzler
stated on September 9, 2019 in a congressional newsletter:

"Statistics indicate Americans have experienced 29.3 (billion) illegal robocalls so far this year, marking a 64 percent increase since 2016."

By Libby Stanford • September 20, 2019