Latest Fact Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

Robitaille says Rhode Island’s unemployment compensation is “very generous” compared with other states

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

October 6, 2010

"Rhode Island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states."

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Patrick Lynch says Deepwater Wind’s Block Island project will only create six jobs

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

September 17, 2010

"Deepwater's own testimony . . . is they said they'll create six jobs."

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Kilmartin says Fernandez didn’t prosecute mayor’s brother for writing bad checks to Providence

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

September 10, 2010

"When the mayor of Providence's brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn't have the guts to prosecute him.…

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Fernandez says he stripped crooked cops and government workers of their Providence pensions

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

September 10, 2010

I "kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls."

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Gardiner says war costs in Afghanistan are triple “any other place”

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

September 7, 2010

"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."

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Loughlin says Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts led to exponential economic growth

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

September 5, 2010

After Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981 the U.S. enjoyed "exponential growth."

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King says Rhode Island’s public employees have 150 different pension plans

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

August 30, 2010

In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers."

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Block says system he helped create to detect welfare fraud has saved more than $1 billion

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

August 29, 2010

"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."

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In wake of Curt Schilling deal, Stokes says video gaming is a consistent growth industry

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

August 25, 2010

"One of the things we found very clearly and consistently is that [video gaming] is a growth industry."

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Archambault says Rhode Island is “at the top of the country for alcohol-related fatalities”

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

August 19, 2010

Rhode Island is "at the top of the country for alcohol-related fatalities."

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Democratic Governors Association says Chafee supported George W. Bush and the conservative GOP leadership more than three quarters of the time

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

August 15, 2010

Lincoln Chafee "voted with President George W. Bush and the conservative leadership 76% of the time."

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YouTube video purporting to show Obama admitting he is not a U.S. citizen far from the truth

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

August 5, 2010

"Obama admits he is not a citizen."

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