Florida Stop Common Core Coalition: The goal of Common Core is "to instill federally determined attitudes and mindsets in students including political and religious beliefs."

PolitiFact, October 21, 2013, at 5:00 AM

Public comments at a Common Core hearing: Teachers were not involved in developing the Common Core State Standards.

PolitiFact, October 21, 2013, at 5:00 AM

Tim Curtis: Common Core means "there are over 300 data elements the government is going to be collecting about your children and about you."

PolitiFact, October 21, 2013, at 5:00 AM

Bill Foster: "Unemployment in the city of St. Petersburg is below the state average."

PolitiFact, October 17, 2013, at 4:00 PM

Rick Kriseman: "Since Mr. Foster's been mayor, we have less small businesses in the city of St. Petersburg."

PolitiFact, October 17, 2013, at 3:59 PM

Rick Kriseman: "Unfortunately, since Mr. Foster's been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of St. Petersburg than there were prior to his taking office."

PolitiFact, October 17, 2013, at 3:59 PM

Fact Check Florida: A $10 million fire fee proposal in St. Petersburg was "inspired" by Gov. Rick Scott.

PolitiFact, October 14, 2013, at 4:20 PM

Citizens for Fairness: Amanda Murphy has "two vacation homes around the world."

PolitiFact, October 12, 2013, at 10:24 AM

Florida Democratic Party: Bill Gunter would "drain millions from local public schools, and give our tax dollars to private, for-profit schools run by out-of-state corporations."

PolitiFact, October 12, 2013, at 10:09 AM

Chris Latvala: "Many don’t know that Bill Young was once the minority leader in the Florida Senate...because he was the only Republican senator."

PolitiFact, October 9, 2013, at 5:09 PM

John Morgan: "Nobody's addicted to" marijuana.

PolitiFact, October 8, 2013, at 9:21 AM

Tweets: "Obama has jumped the shark and ordered the ocean closed!"

PolitiFact, October 7, 2013, at 4:38 PM

Mario Diaz-Balart: There is "a constitutional issue" that affects "the paychecks of members of Congress" during a shutdown.

PolitiFact, October 7, 2013, at 2:09 PM

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: The shutdown is projected to result in "$10 billion in costs to the economy per week."

PolitiFact, October 3, 2013, at 4:40 PM

Dan Gelber: "For the last decade, Floridians’ salaries have shrunk substantially" when adjusted for inflation.

PolitiFact, October 1, 2013, at 9:34 AM

Bill Nelson: "Many state and federal agencies have such ‘navigators’ involved in helping folks maneuver through the often complex processes associated with filing benefits claims, for example -- even buying health insurance."

PolitiFact, September 30, 2013, at 2:41 PM

Charlie Crist: "Today many Florida teachers are at risk of having their pay impacted by the performance of children who are not even in their classrooms or subject areas."

PolitiFact, September 25, 2013, at 4:55 PM

Rick Scott: "Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."

PolitiFact, September 25, 2013, at 4:05 PM

Marco Rubio: "The American people support defunding Obamacare and oppose shutting down the government."

PolitiFact, September 23, 2013, at 3:54 PM

Rick Scott: "You have to get a license to fish on our beaches."

PolitiFact, September 23, 2013, at 9:27 AM

Nan Rich: In Florida "we have 75,000 on (a) waiting list for child care and 23,000 on waiting lists" for community care for the elderly.

PolitiFact, September 20, 2013, at 10:50 AM

Nan Rich: "We’re 48th in K-12 funding and 50th in higher education."

PolitiFact, September 19, 2013, at 8:31 AM

Bill Foster: "Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so they've got a much bigger problem than we do."

PolitiFact, September 18, 2013, at 10:56 AM

Charlie Crist: In 2012, the state "put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than 10."

PolitiFact, September 12, 2013, at 3:24 PM

Will Weatherford: "One out of every three students currently today is ready for college before they go there."

PolitiFact, September 11, 2013, at 1:32 PM