Latest Fact Checks By Katie Mulvaney

Writer says most children in R.I. charter school lotteries are poor, minority

By Katie Mulvaney

March 15, 2015

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of…

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Marijuana legalization opponent says alcohol use by young people has been increasing

By Katie Mulvaney

March 13, 2015

"We've seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21."

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Gov. Gina Raimondo says R.I. is ‘well below average’ in number of public employees

By Katie Mulvaney

March 8, 2015

"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’

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R.I. Bishop Thomas Tobin says abortions make up 94% of Planned Parent services for pregnant women

By Katie Mulvaney

March 2, 2015

"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."

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Investor in Red Sox minor league team says most Triple A teams play in government owned parks

By Katie Mulvaney

February 26, 2015

Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."

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Educator says 60,000 New York parents refused to let their children take Common Core tests in 2014

By Katie Mulvaney

February 15, 2015

"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."       

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Author says half of daily users become addicted, roughly 2.7 million people

By Katie Mulvaney

February 9, 2015

"The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million…

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Professor says right to vote in U.S. ‘has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship’

By Katie Mulvaney

January 25, 2015

"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."

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R.I. planner Kevin Flynn: Nothing in RhodeMap RI plan takes away local government, zoning control

By Katie Mulvaney

January 16, 2015

"There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."

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Advocate says Colorado received $60 million in taxes and fees from marijuana in 2014

By Katie Mulvaney

January 11, 2015

"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."

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Doctor says teens much likelier to know classmate selling pot than one selling alcohol

By Katie Mulvaney

December 21, 2014

"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells…

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Mike Stenhouse: According to HUD, it’s unfair, unjust for wealthy to live in exclusive neighborhoods

By Katie Mulvaney

December 14, 2014

"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."

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