PoliGraph: Bachmann state aid claim fails the truth test

PoliGraph fact-checks Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann's comment on FOX News last week about a new law providing financial assistance to states.

This year, Minnesota Public Radio News and the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota introduce PoliGraph, a fact-checking feature that gets behind the spin in Minnesota politics. PoliGraph tells you who's sticking to the facts and who's not.

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