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Jen Para is a staff writer for PolitiFact Missouri.

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Nate Walker
stated on March 20, 2017 in on MissouriNet.com:

"(Charter schools in Missouri) are actually failing in a greater capacity than the public school systems."

By Jen Para • May 13, 2017
Allen Andrews
stated on February 24, 2017 in an article on KMAland.com:

"Missouri is actually the only state that has been forced to borrow money from the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits during each of the last five economic downturns."

By Jen Para • April 23, 2017
Eric Greitens
stated on February 2, 2017 in a budget speech at Nixa’s Early Childhood Center:

"K-12 education is getting more money this year than they did last year. ... It is a total increase of 4.1 percent."

By Jen Para • March 28, 2017
Kip Kendrick
stated on January 20, 2017 in an interview on KMIZ’s “This Week”:

"Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year than they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015."

By Jen Para • March 2, 2017