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As he prepares to leave office, Scott Walker’s record on the Truth-O-Meter

Noted: Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement were the result of a “drafting error.”

Our rating: Pants on Fire.

In fact, Walker’s administration had insisted to UW System officials on making the changes, giving detailed instructions on passages to be removed from state law. And eventually Walker himself acknowledged that the UW System had objected to the changes before his budget was put into final form.