Latest Fact Checks By Janie Har

Does the Oregon Health Plan pay for about 4,000 abortions a year?

By Janie Har

September 24, 2013

"In fiscal year 2011-2012, 4,191 abortions were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan."

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Have gun-related homicides, other serious crimes decreased dramatically in the last 20 years?

By Janie Har

September 7, 2013

"Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number…

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Has Portland won more national Constitution contests than any other city?

By Janie Har

September 3, 2013

"The city of Portland has won more national Constitution contests than any city in America."

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Are half of Oregon university students on Pell grants?

By Janie Har

August 31, 2013

Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.

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Does Portland ‘break even’ enforcing parking regulations?

By Janie Har

July 20, 2013

Portland Bureau of Transportation "barely break(s) even" ticketing motorists.

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Is the likely 911 response time in Curry County one hour?

By Janie Har

July 13, 2013

Says that in Curry County, "if you make a 911 call you’re likely to wait for an hour for a response."

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Are Oregon children subjected to 71 immunization shots, each?

By Janie Har

June 29, 2013

Says "the mandate is 71 times that a child’s body will be injected with a disease" for immunizations.

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Does TriMet spend $10 million a year for transit police to respond to non-transit calls?

By Janie Har

June 22, 2013

Says TriMet spends "$10.3 million in police contracts" a year for 56 transit police who must respond to non-transit calls

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Do ‘illegal aliens’ cost Oregon $1 billion a year?

By Janie Har

June 15, 2013

Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is…

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Did 1913 Revenue Act prohibit political organizations from claiming tax exempt status?

By Janie Har

June 13, 2013

Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred…

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Will seniors be denied cancer treatment under Obamacare?

By Janie Har

June 8, 2013

Says "At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment" under Affordable Care Act.

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Did Kurt Schrader vote against widely supported Keystone XL project?

By Janie Har

June 1, 2013

Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against…

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