A AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County Commissioner says local prosperity is shadowed by rising poverty. In this week’s PolitiFact check-in, KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke to Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman’s .
PolitiFact tackled a claim by AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County commissioner who, in an email, said conditions are tough despite "present prosperity."
Her message called for reversing our “rising poverty.� She also said: "Our unemployment rate is below the national average, yet our poverty rate exceeds the national average."
The PolitiFact team started by comparing the county’s jobless rate to the national one � and found it has been lower locally. Most recently, the county jobless rate in December was 4.9 percent, compared to the national rate, 7.6 percent.
Read the entire check . You can listen to the interview above.
