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Fact-checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s statement that Pa. is the only state without a natural gas severance t

By Jessica Calefati

February 25, 2021

“We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”

Checking Pat Toomey’s claim that families with ‘six-figure incomes’ would get thousands under plan

By Jessica Calefati

January 21, 2021

“There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”

Fact-checking a top Pa. Republican who said false election claims didn’t play ‘any role’ in the riot

By Jessica Calefati

January 17, 2021

Says unproven voter fraud claims didn’t play “any role” in the Capitol riot.

Fact-checking Sen. Pat Toomey’s comment that Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf is ‘closing down businesses again’

By Jessica Calefati

December 30, 2020

“In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”

Trump says Philly Democrats stole an election in the ’90s. Is that true?

By Jessica Calefati

November 19, 2020

A 1993 example of voter fraud in Philadelphia is “exactly what happened to us” in the 2020 election.

Fact-checking a Trump campaign tweet that Pa. mail ballots arriving after Election Day won’t count

By Jessica Calefati

October 29, 2020

“Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.”

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden said he would ‘abolish the entire U.S. oil industry’

By Jessica Calefati

October 28, 2020

“Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Pennsylvania ‘never opened’ after coronavirus closures

By Jessica Calefati

October 23, 2020

Pennsylvania “never opened.”

No, the boilermakers union didn’t endorse Joe Biden

By Jessica Calefati

October 21, 2020

“The boilermakers union has endorsed me because I sat down with them and went into great detail with leadership [about] exactly what I would do.”

Fact-checking Trump’s claim in Pa. that he’s ‘putting our great coal miners back to work’

By Jessica Calefati

October 14, 2020

“We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.”

Fact-checking Trump’s debate comment that poll watchers were ‘thrown out’ of Philly polling places

By Jessica Calefati

October 1, 2020

Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden would ‘immediately’ eliminate fracking and mining in Pa.

By Jessica Calefati

September 25, 2020

Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."

Latest Fact Checks By Jessica Calefati

Fact-checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s statement that Pa. is the only state without a natural gas severance t

Checking Pat Toomey’s claim that families with ‘six-figure incomes’ would get thousands under plan

Fact-checking a top Pa. Republican who said false election claims didn’t play ‘any role’ in the riot

Fact-checking Sen. Pat Toomey’s comment that Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf is ‘closing down businesses again’

Trump says Philly Democrats stole an election in the ’90s. Is that true?

Fact-checking a Trump campaign tweet that Pa. mail ballots arriving after Election Day won’t count

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden said he would ‘abolish the entire U.S. oil industry’

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Pennsylvania ‘never opened’ after coronavirus closures

No, the boilermakers union didn’t endorse Joe Biden

Fact-checking Trump’s claim in Pa. that he’s ‘putting our great coal miners back to work’

Fact-checking Trump’s debate comment that poll watchers were ‘thrown out’ of Philly polling places

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden would ‘immediately’ eliminate fracking and mining in Pa.