Latest Fact-Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

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Mary Miller presser

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

October 31, 2021

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

Chicago vaccine close-up

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

October 3, 2021

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

Casten close up

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

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…

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

August 5, 2021

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

Pritzker CU II

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

July 30, 2021

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

Pritzker ACA protest

Downstate senator wrong on Medicaid eligibility for Illinois undocumented immigrants

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…

Lightfoot CU

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

July 4, 2021

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

Rodney Davis presser

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

June 27, 2021

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

Pritzker CU II

Did GOP lawmakers push for independent map commission?

June 11, 2021

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

Chicago elected school board demonstration

Yes, large majorities support elected Chicago school board

May 23, 2021

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

Durbin CU

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

April 18, 2021

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

Biden signing American Rescue Plan

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

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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