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Fact Check: Obama's connection to Wall Street
The one minute ad is produced by the conservative group the American Future Fund.
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Fact Check: Allen on his tax cuts
On the campaign trail, former Senator and Governor George Allen (R-Virginia) has been touting his record in the governor’s mansion including his tax cutting.
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Fact Check: Allen's criticism on gas prices, Obama
Last week US Senate candidate George Allen was campaigning across Southwest Virginia, including in Blacksburg where he took aim at President Barack Obama more than once.
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Fact Check: Marshall on CFL bulbs
Manassas Republican Delegate Bob Marshall has made some big claims about how dangerous compact florescent light bulbs are, in light of a new federal law that will stop the production of the old incandescent bulbs.
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Fact Check: Obama campaign promise on torture
On the campaign trail, candidate Barack Obama made a bold promise to end torture. Specifically, he vowed to "end the use torture without exception."
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Roanoke Mayor's race Fact Check: Bowers campaign mailer claims
While the facts listed in incumbent Roanoke Mayor David Bowers' first campaign mailer of the season were true, 10 On Your Side asked him if he can take credit for all the changes he listed as positive.
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Fact Check: Democrats on McDonnell's education spending
The Democrats in Richmond continue to take aim at Gov. Bob McDonnell’s budget plan.
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Roanoke Mayor's race Fact check: Rasoul e-mail slams Bowers on jobs
The Rasoul campaign sent an e-mail to media members titled: "1,000 Roanoke jobs have been lost in less than a week under Bowers' watch." Yet many of the examples cited were from outside Roanoke City.
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Fact Check: Cuccinelli on DC pest law
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has made several public arguments against a new pest control law in Washington, DC, including a recent interview on the conservative website CNSnews.com.
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Fact Check: Obama's State of the Union
President Obama gave his third State of the Union address last night. It was an almost 90 minutes speech full of political claims. PolitiFact checked many of the statements including the following:
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Fact Check: McDonnell on the VRS
The funding of the Virginia retirement system has been a constant debate during Governor Bob McDonnell’s term in office.
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Fact Check: First Obama ad of 2012 campaign
President Obama's re-election campaign released its first ad of the race yesterday, airing it in a small buy in several states including Virginia. And one of the claims of the ad highlights the strides the Obama Administration has made in tightening ethics rules.
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Fact Check: Dems criticism of McDonnell's budget
In his response to the Governor Bob McDonnell’s State of the Commonwealth address, State Sen. Donald McEachin (D-Henrico Co.) said this of the governor's plan to fix VDOT’s maintenance fund: it's "taking money out of our classrooms to pave roads."
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Fact Check: McDonnell on VRS contributions
Speaking of his plan to strengthen the VRS, Governor Bob McDonnell said his plan includes "the largest employer contribution to the Virginia Retirement System in history."
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Viewers Voice: Protest story stirs protest
Our story about a local man who created a website to link together all the Occupy protestors generated a protest post from one viewer.
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Fact Check: Cantor claim on job growth
Recently, in a news release, Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Henrico Co.) said, “Small businesses are the driving force of the economy and create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
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PolitiFact Virginia rates Kaine statement "Mostly True"
PolitiFact Virginia's latest fact check on the recent Kaine-Allen debate rated a Kaine statement on Allen helping turn the biggest budget surplus in U.S. history into the biggest deficit in U.S. history "mostly true."
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Fact Check: Allen on energy
Since losing his re-election bid to the US Senate in 2006, Republican George Allen has focused much of his time to energy related issue, pushing an agenda to make the US more energy independent.
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Fact Check: Warner on taxes
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is making a name for himself in Washington as a crusader of fiscal restraint, often pushing for a combination of tax reform and spending cuts to balance the budget much as he did when he was governor of Virginia.
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Fact Check: Kaine claim on Allen's flat tax support
Rick Perry's plan for an optional flat tax of 20% has generated a lot of debate across the country and here in Virginia. In fact, it's the basis for Democrat Tim Kaine's latest attack on his likely Republican senate opponent, former Sen. George Allen.
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Fact Check: Webb on debt ceiling
With the Congressional super committee on debt haggling it out right now over trillions of dollars in cuts to the federal budget, it seems last summer's debt ceiling debate and eventual deal to handle it will never go away. And, Virginia Senator Jim Webb is happy to keep the argument alive.
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Campaign Promises: How Rep. Griffith scores
A look at the new 9th District Congressman's record since taking office, and his answers on big issues that came up in the past year
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Ad attacking Obama-Solyndra connection is misleading
Solyndra asked for stimulus money before Obama took office.
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Fact Check: Robert Hurt's campaign promises
If there was one theme of the Hurt campaign in 2010, it was this: reign in government. Almost every promise he made was based on that including ending earmarks.
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Fact Check on anti John Edwards ad
TV ad attacks Senator John Edwards' proposed gas tax
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