copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” (Tony Evers, 2024-01-23)
Evidence (2024-04-29): Evers Vetoes GOP Bills at Record Rate [...] Consider how Evers justified his recent veto of one Republican bill, sponsored by Sen. Cory Tomczyk and Rep. Clint Moses, that would have eliminated the requirement that employers obtain a work permit to hire 14- and 15-year-olds. The veto came despite a widespread worker shortage statewide. But aides to Evers noted a U.S. Department of Labor report found that the number of minors working in violation of child-labor laws doubled between 2021 and 2023 and that many of them worked in "hazardous or dangerous" jobs. [...] And our state’s labor force participation rate also consistently remained above the national average throughout the year," Evers said, adding:
Claim: “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” (Tony Evers, 2024-01-23)
Evidence (2024-07-11): Job reports through the second quarter of the year saw slight upticks in the unemployment rate from month to month, even as the labor market continued to add jobs. This dynamic is indicative of an increase in labor force participation: More people are engaged in the process of working and looking for work than before. Moreover, the 4% unemployment rate itself is historically low, even if it is not as low as the record rates achieved over the last year. We continue to experience one of the strongest labor markets in recent memory. [...] Lowest: N.D., S.D. (2.0%) [...] Lowest: N.D.*, S.D.* (1.7%); N.Y. (2.4%)
Claim: “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” (Tony Evers, 2024-01-23)
Evidence (2023-09-27): UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls [...] As per the Household Survey Data, The number of unemployed persons declined by 326,000 to 7.2 million. The Unemployment rate decreased by 0.2% and stand at 4.5 percent in March. Both measures were down over the year. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult women (4.0 percent), Whites (3.9 percent), and Hispanics (5.1 percent) dropped in March. The unemployed rates for adult men (4.3 percent), teenagers (13.7 percent), Blacks (8.0 percent), and Asians (3.3 percent) showed little or no change. [...] Employment. As per BLS, Unemployment rate at Wisconsin stands at 3.7% and Minnesota at 4.0%. Wisconsin showed statistically significant employment changes from January 2017 to February 2017, about 11,100 i.e. 0.4 %. Percentage change in nonfarm employment in Wisconsin stands at 0.1% to 1.0% and Minnesota at slightly higher range of 1.1% to 2.0%. The statewide labor market continues to improve, with the March seasonally adjusted unemployment rate now at 3.4 percent, down from 4.1 percent this time last year. The unemployment rate has gone down even though the state labor force has grown over the last 12 months, which means job growth is more than keeping pace with the number of new job seekers.
Claim: “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” (Tony Evers, 2024-01-23)
Evidence (2024-08-01): With Wisconsin’s unemployment rate near historic lows and the number of jobs and workers reaching historic highs, Wisconsin’s labor market has had another record breaking year. Over the past 12 months, the state added 25,700 jobs to reach 3,035,100 jobs in July. This is down just slightly from the state’s record number of jobs – 3,048,000 – set in June. Job growth remains strong. This is also reflected in Wisconsin’s very low unemployment rate. Unemployment is currently 3.0% in July 2024 and has been below 3.5% since September 2021. [...] While economic opportunity is high for workers in the state, it is distributed unequally. Racial and geographic disparities are pronounced. Wisconsin’s well-documented racial disparity remains substantial and gravely concerning. Matching national levels of disparity, Black workers in the state are twice as likely to be unemployed as white workers. Geographically, the county unemployment rates across the state are quite disparate ranging from a low of 2.4% to a high of 6.1%. Again, that is a substantial gap, but it is also the lowest disparity separating high and low unemployment counties in Wisconsin since data has been available in 1990.
Claim: “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” (Tony Evers, 2024-01-23)
Evidence (2024-10-04): The unemployment rates are seasonally adjusted and for individuals aged 18 years and over in the civilian non-institutional population. [...] Veterans with no disability 2.6%, Nonveterans with no disability 3.7%.
Claim: “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” (Tony Evers, 2024-01-23)
Evidence (2024-07-03): Unemployment in the United States has been at or below 4% since November 2021. The health sector, along with the rest of the economy, saw a sharp drop in revenues and employment at the onset of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020. Health services utilization dropped precipitously as providers cancelled elective care and patients practicing social distancing avoided health facilities. Utilization of health services has remained somewhat lower than expected based on the trend in years before the pandemic, and health sector employment remains below pre-pandemic levels. [...] Employment in some nursing and residential care settings has rebounded, but not all [...] Overall health sector employment remains below trends seen before the COVID-19 pandemic
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-10-27): Georgia passed a law in 2021 that makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 12 months in jail, to give water to voters within 150 feet of a polling place.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-08-19): A federal judge has upheld Georgia’s ban on people handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast their ballots at the polls, part of a sweeping election law that has faced widespread criticism and a series of legal challenges. US District Judge JP Boulee denied a request for a preliminary injunction from a coalition of voting rights groups who challenged the recently enacted ban on so-called "line relief" measures that makes it a crime to give out food or water within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of a person standing in line to vote. [...] Comments 1/1Georgia can ban handing out water to voters, federal judge rules
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2024-02-14): It has been illegal for anyone other than election workers to hand out water or food near voting sites in Georgia since the passage of SB 202, known as the Election Integrity Act, in March 2021. The 98-page law’s series of election provisions includes limiting the use of ballot drop boxes, expanding in-person early voting, and barring officials from sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms. And yes, it also prohibits handing out food or water to voters within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter standing in line. Violators are subject to a misdemeanor charge that is punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a $1,000 fine. [...] In September, a federal judge, J.P. Boulee, upheld the 150-foot zone outside polling places where food and drinks cannot be given out, but he struck down the restriction on distributing them to people within 25 feet of voters standing in line. "Line relief activities" are First Amendment-protected "expressive conduct," the judge ruled.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Section 21-2-414 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Restrictions on campaign activities, giving of food or water, and public opinion polling within the vicinity of a polling place; cellular phone use prohibited; prohibition of candidates from entering certain polling places [...] - (1) Within 150 feet of the outer edge of any building within which a polling place is established; - (2) Within any polling place; or - (3) Within 25 feet of any voter standing in line to vote at any polling place.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2024-04-12): "The law makes it a misdemeanor to give away food or water within 150 feet of the outer edge of a polling place building or within 25 feet of any voter in line. Voters can bring their own food and refreshments with them to stand in line. Poll workers can make available ‘self-service water from an unattended receptacle to an elector waiting in line to vote,'" 11 Alive reported. Other outlets, such as CNN, have indicated that it is illegal to give food and water to voters at the polls. Check Your Fact reported in 2021 that SB 202 does prohibit offering voters food or drink within 150 feet of the voting place. [...] "It’s currently illegal within 150 feet of a polling place to give food or water to a voter in Georgia," Morley said.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2021-03-28): The law makes it a misdemeanor to give away food or water within 150 feet of the outer edge of a polling place building or within 25 feet of any voter in line. Violations of this law are punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. While people other than poll workers can give away food or water, they have to adhere to these boundaries to avoid breaking the law. [...] Keith Williams, general counsel to Republican House Speaker David Ralston, told PolitiFact: "Any individual other than a worker at a polling place is prohibited from handing out water, etc., within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of the line." [...] SB 202 makes it a crime for people — and not just people from political organizations — to hand out food or bottles of water within 150 feet of a polling place or 25 feet of any voter standing in line.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2023-08-18): His ruling on so-called line-warming allowed the ban to still be enforced in what he dubbed the "buffer zone" around a polling place, within 150 feet of the building where ballots are being cast. But he paused enforcement of the ban in the "supplemental zone," or additional areas that are within 25 feet of a voter standing in line. [...] "The court recognized that voters should not be disenfranchised for forgetting to write their birthdate on their absentee ballot envelope, or arrested for offering food or drink to voters in line outside the 150-foot zone around polling locations," Garabadu said in a statement. "The fight against SB 202 continues on, but today’s decisions represent an important victory for every eligible voter in Georgia." [...] "Due to the good work that both the state and county election officials have done to ensure short lines for voters, this decision should have limited effect," he said. "I am grateful that the ban on giving things of value to voters remains in place within 150 feet of the polling place. All voters should have the right to cast their vote in peace without being subject to potentially unwanted solicitations."
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-12-06): The commercial’s two-part claim — that it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and doing so is "punishable by up to a year in prison" — is accurate. [...] The Liquid Death beverage company said in an ad that in Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." A 2021 Georgia law does prohibit people from giving water within 150 feet of a polling place, and violators face up to 12 months in jail.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2021-03-26): Under the bill, signed into law Thursday night by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, it’s now illegal to hand out food or water to people standing in line to vote. [...] The law applies within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter at a polling place. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor. [...] "Georgia’s bill would make it a crime to give free food or water to voters standing in line for hours and hours. But we know who these politicians force to stand in line all day long," Shaub said earlier this month on Twitter. "I’ve never once stood in line for even five minutes where I get to vote. This racism is thorough."
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2021-03-02): Georgia HB 531 has a section that prohibits "any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and drink, to an elector." Such giveaways will be banned within 150 feet of a building where people are voting, within any polling place or within 25 feet of any voter standing in line. [...] Matthew Wilson bought four pizzas and passed out slices to those in line to vote in 2018, according to Reporter Newspapers. Wilson, a Democrat who won his race for state representative, said he distributed the pizza after getting permission from a poll manager. Kelly Rose, a Democrat who lost a state senate race, told PolitiFact that her team handed out water, oranges and chips at a 2020 polling site. "A woman passed out one day we were there," Rose told PolitiFact. Rose said she didn’t campaign at the site and didn’t break the law. (A state law bans soliciting votes within 150 feet of a building where voting takes place.) [...] HB 531, which passed the House March 1, bans giving food and drinks to electors within 150 feet of a building where people are voting, within any polling place or within 25 feet of any voter standing in line. A violation is considered a misdemeanor.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2021-03-04): Attorney Walter Shaub, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, tweeted Tuesday that: "Georgia's bill would make it a crime to give free food or water to voters standing in line for hours and hours," in a post that received more than 1,000 likes and 600 retweets. [...] "New voting restriction bill that passed the Georgia House makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to people waiting in line to vote. The same Georgia that makes some people wait 10+ hours in line to vote..." [...] Ultimately, food and drinks cannot be given to voters "within 150 feet of the outer edge of any building within which a polling place is established, within any polling place, or within 25 feet of any voter standing in line to vote at any polling place," according to the bill.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2021-03-27): On March 3, 2021, a left-leaning Twitter account posted the below-displayed image that alleged the Georgia House of Representatives approved legislation that would allow law enforcement officers to criminalize volunteers who give free food or water to voters standing in line at polling sites on Election Day. [...] So, considering the fact that existing Georgia law prohibits people from attempting to pressure in-line voters to cast ballots against their preferences, a spokesperson for Raffensperger told Snopes that the 2021 bill about food-giving appeared to address this loop hole in the existing law: voting-rights groups could legally supply free food or water to voters if they made the amenities available to everyone, including election judges and passerby. [...] In other words, the legislation updates existing provisions to explicitly give officials legal authority to penalize people with misdemeanors if they are caught, for whatever reason, providing free food or water to voters within 150 feet of a building where people are casting ballots.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2022-10-27): Giving water to voter within 150 feet of Georgia polling place is punishable by up to a year in jail [...] The commercial’s two-part claim — that it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and doing so is "punishable by up to a year in prison" — is accurate. [...] The Liquid Death beverage company said in an ad that in Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison."
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2024-06-13): As Albright knew well, the show was referring to a real law. In 2021, Georgia Republicans enacted SB202, a bill with sweeping voting restrictions, including a ban on giving out food or water within 150ft of a polling place or within 25ft of any voter standing in a line – which could extend well beyond the 150ft radius. Violating it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. [...] Albright was very familiar with efforts to make it harder to hand out food and water to people waiting to vote. In 2023, Black Voters Matter faced a complaint it was running afoul of electioneering rules after it handed out food and water to people standing in polling lines in Albany, Georgia. The state board of elections dismissed the complaint. The board has not had any recent complaints about groups giving out food or water, said Sara Tindall Ghazal, a Democrat on the board. [...] Last summer, a federal judge limited the scope of the food-and-water ban. While handing out food and water to votes within 150 feet of a polling place is still banned, providing aid outside of that radius is allowed (it wasn’t clear how close David was to the polling place when his alleged offense occurred).
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2024-05-20): Why can’t I get a bottle of water when I vote in Georgia? [...] Georgia’s gotten a lot of bad press over of its voting rules; even comedian Larry David got in on the fun during a recent episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." The flubhub is all about this: Georgia elections officials don’t want anyone affiliated with a political organization to hand out food and beverages to voters in line outside a polling place. They’re worried about influencing how you vote. The Georgia law simply makes it a misdemeanor to give away food or water within 150 feet of the outer edge of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter in line. Violations are punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. While people other than poll workers can give away food or water, they have to adhere to these boundaries to avoid breaking the law.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2024-04-22): Georgia law generally prohibits people from carrying firearms in the following locations (including people who are otherwise generally authorized to carry firearms in public spaces):1 - In a courthouse,2 jail, or prison - In a place of worship, unless the governing body or authority of the place of worship permits the carrying of firearms by "lawful weapons carriers" who are authorized to carry firearms in most public spaces3 - Within 150 feet of any active polling place, except for security personnel - In a state mental health facility that admits individuals on an involuntary basis for treatment of mental illness, developmental disability; or addictive disease - On the premises of a nuclear power facility - In the restricted access area of a commercial service airport, in or beyond the airport security screening checkpoint.4 - On K-12 school property or buildings, at K-12 school functions and activities, and on K-12 school buses and other school-furnished transportation vehicles.5 (See the Georgia Guns in Schools page for more information).
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2021-04-07): There's been criticism of a provision which bans some people from handing out food or water to voters within a certain distance of polling sites. [...] Although poll workers are still allowed to give away water, other people will have to follow certain restrictions under the new regulations. The law makes it an offence to give away food or water within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter in line.
Claim: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." (Liquid Death, 2022-10-27)
Evidence (2021-04-09): Those days could be numbered for WCK and other humanitarian groups. Among the provisions in Georgia’s new elections law is one that prohibits "any person" — not just politicians, campaign volunteers or political nonprofits that might try to influence votes — from passing out food or drink to residents awaiting their turn to vote. The law states that those who want to provide refreshments on election days cannot be within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet "of any voter standing in line." According to PolitiFact, violations of the law "are punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine." Not long after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the elections bill in March, President Biden issued a statement, saying that the new law "makes it a crime to provide water to voters while they wait in line — lines Republican officials themselves have created by reducing the number of polling sites across the state, disproportionately in Black neighborhoods." [...] Schaffer said the new law allows groups to donate water to a poll manager, who can then distribute it to voters. "Groups that feel they need credit for providing refreshments to people can still do so as long as they are 150 feet away from any building hosting a polling location and 25 feet away from a voting line, and as long as they are providing refreshments to everybody without regard to whether they are voting or not," Schaffer said in a statement to The Washington Post.