claim: says "today unemployment has been running near 12 percent or more for the last four years" and the legislature hasn’t done much to lower it.
author: tim knopp
evidence_1: jan 25, 2016 ... states cut funding for k-12 education — and a range of other areas, ... below pre- recession levels as of the 2014 school year — the latest year for which these data  are available in most states. ... state revenues have been slow to recover. ... 12  years of public school were 10 percentage points more likely to ...
evidence_2: says "today unemployment has been running near 12 percent or more for the last  four years" and the legislature hasn't done much to lower it. — politifact ...
evidence_3: aug 4, 2017 ... president trump has taken to twitter to celebrate his handling of the economy. ...  at 4.3 percent in july, the unemployment rate is near its lowest level ... the 4  percent threshold — that hasn't been done since president bill ... but average  hourly earnings were up 2.5 percent over the last 12 months as of july.
evidence_4: dec 22, 2010 ... pawlenty has wrestled with budget problems since he first took office. ... officials  say minnesota has a $399 million surplus in the current two year budget. ... of the  legislature with a $6.2 billion budget deficit in the coming biennium. .... "there is  way more that could have been done in the past four years.
evidence_5: may 22, 2014 ... when dwyane jordan got busted four years ago on felony ... the box has  prompted multiple employers to reject him in the past year. but if the employer  runs a background check and learns the truth, he'd be disqualified anyway. .... the  commission said, and the state hasn't had to initiate any complaints.