Audits
Washington lawmakers tapped dedicated accounts for the general fund about 80 times since 2021
Version 3. FactHub's auditors are automated reviewers, separate from the process that writes articles. Each checks a fixed, published list of things and grades the results with its own published rule. They can be wrong; an audit is not a human expert review. All auditors
Across versions
| Version | First Look |
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| Version 3 | 5/5 |
| Version 1 | 5/5 |
First Look
A: Passes the first look: nothing obviously wrong. Minor notes may be reported as feedback without lowering the grade.
- Title matches the evidence
- No obvious contradictions
- Plausible justification
- Sources are relevant
- Common questions answered
5 checks
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Pass Title matches the evidence
The title says about 80 transfers since 2021. The evidence gives 81 in the final lists, 83 counting 2019-21 lines, and 72 or 67 under narrower definitions, so 'about 80' fits. The title's 'dedicated accounts' wording echoes the claim and the Research Council takeaway, which is debatable rather than a plain error.
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Pass No obvious contradictions
The arithmetic is consistent: 8+20+53=81; 81+2=83; 9 routine lines plus 2 rainy-day draws gives 83-11=72; 72-5=67. Finding Mostly true matches the answer and conclusion, and the summary, key points and chart caption agree on the counts.
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Pass Plausible justification
The conclusion explains why the rating is Mostly true: the count depends on definitions (72 or 67 without routine, rainy-day and repayment lines), and the early-learning promise was an intent statement rather than an earmark. That reasoning follows from the evidence.
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Pass Sources are relevant
Sources match their claims by name and description: session laws and budget text for transfers and flood control, the Research Council for the 2025-27 total, the capital gains law and ELTA statute for intent and uses, the 2025 bill report and DCYF for the early-learning cuts, and LBN notes for the capital gains shift.
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Pass Common questions answered
There are four objections, each with a response that addresses its question: routine flows (72 or 67 without them), legal and normal (legal, but unusually large lately), capital gains promise (delays documented, earmark absent), and the millionaires tax (95% goes to the general fund, so nothing to sweep).
Coverage: Judged only the article text and the source list summaries. Did not read any source snapshots or the web. Every takeaway is marked 'not yet checked', so none is treated as established, and all count, example and early-learning findings rest on unchecked takeaways for the Source Checker to confirm. The conclusion's claim that the millionaires tax sends 95% of its revenue to the general fund has no cited source; its cited takeaway (wrc-dedicated) concerns rainy-day transfers, not the millionaires tax. I noted this for the Source Checker but did not score it as a finding. I also did not check the Seattle related node or the 82-count second analysis, which is not separately itemised.