Claim: "The Virginia population increased by just 8 percent from 2005 to 2015, but the per capita spending in the budget increased by a whopping 38 percent."
Fact-check: Several problems with Virginia First's claim about soaring per capita state spending
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Sean Gorman
Date published: 2016-10-03T00:00:00