claim: says rick perry and the republican-controlled texas legislature "managed to slash the budget of the volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in the last legislative session," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires.
author: jim hightower
evidence_1: dec 29, 2017 ... behind the noise, here's what trump really did this year. ... contractors, which can  cut their labor costs sharply by not obliging them to offer benefits like ... according  to one recent study, the percentage of workers employed as ..... that legislation,  which passed the senate last week by a 98-2 vote, would limit ...
evidence_2: recent statements made by jim hightower. mostly false ... says rick perry and  the republican-controlled texas legislature "managed to slash the budget of the  volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in the last legislative session ," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires. — politifact texas on tuesday, ...
evidence_3: i've enjoyed my decades of service as a public servant, as a state legislator, ..... “it  has been an honor to host septemberfest for the past eight years,” said fallin. .....  fire conditions, governor mary fallin has issued a proclamation reducing the ...  fallin highlights successes in 2018 legislative session oklahoma city ...
evidence_4: says rick perry and the republican-controlled texas legislature "managed to  slash the budget of the volunteer fire departments in our state by 75 percent in  the last legislative session," reducing their abilities to fight recent wildfires. —  politifact texas on tuesday, september 13th, 2011. false. anonymous should  have ...
evidence_5: jun 24, 2013 ... for the past 65 years, we've ... recent republican victories in the arkansas  general assembly ... legislators are reaping the benefits of reaching citizens ....  percent of respondents said their state's economy was excellent or ..... goods-and -services budgets each year with companies owned by disabled.