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Lucas Daprile, a 2015 graduate of Ohio University, is a summer intern at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Featured Statements

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 7, 2015 in a news release:

Says Russ Feingold cast the "deciding vote" for the "largest tax increase" in history

By Lucas Daprile • August 31, 2015
Scott Walker
stated on August 17, 2015 in a radio interview:

"By the end of this budget I'm in right now, taxes will have been cut $4.7 billion in my state."

By Lucas Daprile • August 28, 2015
Scott Walker
stated on June 8, 2015 in an opinion piece:

"Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history."

By Lucas Daprile • July 31, 2015
MoveOn.org
stated on June 11, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "voted to cut $700m from Medicare."

By Lucas Daprile • July 1, 2015
Scott Walker
stated on June 4, 2015 in a statement:

Says "Hillary Clinton's rejection of efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat not only defies logic, but the will of the majority of Americans."

By Lucas Daprile • June 29, 2015
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech at the state Democratic Party convention:

"The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations."

By Lucas Daprile • June 17, 2015

For the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a look back at our fact-checks

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015