Latest Fact-Checks By Janie Har

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Does Clackamas County plan to turn a $5 a year vehicle registration fee into a $40 fee in the future?

December 31, 2010

Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and…

Portland Public Schools invites all adults for a cheap $1.75 breakfast?

December 25, 2010

Portland Public Schools invites "well-paid, well-fed school bureaucrats, administrators, teachers, other staff, non-needy students, affluent parents of students, and other adults, including on the other…

Portland Mayor Sam Adams says “four out of 10 homicides in this city are committed by gun.”

December 23, 2010

Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city.

MHCC says it can’t afford salaries “far above the average of community colleges in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.”

December 15, 2010

Mt. Hood Community College is No. 1 on average and top faculty pay and benefits. 

Portland city commissioner Randy Leonard says Seattle bans food carts

December 9, 2010

Cities like Seattle have decided to ban food carts.

Beaverton School District claims record number of homeless students in Oregon history

December 4, 2010

Last year, Beaverton School District had the highest number of homeless students ever recorded in Oregon. 

Portland schools superintendent Carole Smith says high school makeovers will affect 40 percent of students

November 23, 2010

Rebuilding three high schools will benefit 40 percent of Portland Public School students. 

Safety group says 50 percent of children hit by vehicles near schools are struck by parents of other schoolchildren

November 11, 2010

Half of children struck by cars near schools are hit by parents driving children to school.

Portland’s Voter-Owned Elections failed because voters here like to say no?

November 10, 2010

It’s hard to get people in Portland to vote yes on ballot measures, especially when there’s opposition.

Eighty-five percent of Oregonians voted in 2008

November 5, 2010

"In fact, 85 percent of Oregonians voted in 2008."

Anti-tax group claims Richard Devlin raised taxes by $1 billion in one day

October 30, 2010

Says "Richard Devlin raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day."

Oregon House Republicans say Will Rasmussen was caught misstating his residency

October 29, 2010

Says Will Rasmussen falsely claimed he had lived in the West Linn district for about a year.

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