Latest Fact Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

No, migrant ‘caravan’ from Tapachula, Mexico is not the population of Minneapolis

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

October 31, 2021

The migrant caravan from Tapachula, Mexico “is the population of Minneapolis.”

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No proof for lawmaker’s claim that 75% of Illinois Republicans are vaccinated against COVID

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

October 3, 2021

“75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois.

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Fact-checking Casten’s overheated claim about extreme Chicago summers

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

September 1, 2021

Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures…

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No, Pelosi was not calling all the shots for Capitol security officials on Jan. 6

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

August 5, 2021

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “office was calling the shots on all of their (Capitol security officials’) actions on Jan. 6.”

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States can use ARPA money to replenish unemployment funds, contrary to Pritzker’s claim

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

July 30, 2021

“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.

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Downstate senator wrong on Medicaid eligibility for Illinois undocumented immigrants

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

July 20, 2021

“You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55…

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No, Cook County criminal courts haven’t been ‘shut down’ for 15 months

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

July 4, 2021

Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”

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No, southern Illinois’ Prairie State is not the nation’s ‘cleanest’ coal plant

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

June 27, 2021

“Prairie State power plant is the cleanest coal-fired power plant in the nation.”

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Did GOP lawmakers push for independent map commission?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

June 11, 2021

Illinois Republican lawmakers “have argued that they want an independent [redistricting] commission, but they didn't do anything about it.”

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Yes, large majorities support elected Chicago school board

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

May 23, 2021

Opposition to having a fully elected Chicago Board of Education is in the “super minority.”

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Are nearly a quarter of America’s lead pipes in Chicagoland?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

April 18, 2021

“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”

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Does the American Rescue Plan limit how states can spend funds?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

March 21, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent.

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