Latest Fact Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

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Pritzker CU II

Evidence lacking for Pritzker’s pension buyout claim

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
November 24, 2019
Says a study projected that a pension buyout program he expanded would save "billions and billions, potentially $25 billion."
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Pritzker Mic

Has Illinois been losing population for nearly a century?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
November 8, 2019
"Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle…
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Trump IACP speech

Trump ‘dead wrong’ about the change in murders in Chicago

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
October 29, 2019
"Over the last two years, the number of murders in America and America’s major cities has dropped, unlike here (Chicago), by more than 10%."
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Durbin CU

Durbin mostly on track with claim on Illinois deportations

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
October 27, 2019
Says that in Illinois, "fewer than 20% of those actually deported have been charged with any serious crime."
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batinick CU

No, 30% of the nation’s poor don’t reside in California

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
October 20, 2019
Says California has "30% or a third of the country’s people living at or below the poverty level."
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Lightfoot CU

Are Chicago Public School teachers among the nation’s highest paid?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
October 11, 2019
"Teachers in Chicago Public Schools are paid some of the highest compensation of any school system in the country."
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Durbin CU

Durbin mostly on target with claim about police support for expanding background checks

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
October 4, 2019
Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
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Sanders at CTU rally

Bernie Sanders says 49% of ‘new’ income goes to the top 1%

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
September 29, 2019
"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."
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Duckworth CU

Trump policies Duckworth cited haven’t hurt housing access — yet

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
September 20, 2019
Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity…
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Lightfoot CU

Lightfoot stretches the numbers on Downstate public safety pension funds

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
September 8, 2019
"We’ve got 600-plus police and fire pensions Downstate that are on the cusp of insolvency because they don’t have the revenues that they need to…
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Greenland glacier Aug 2019

Does science say time is running out to stop climate disaster?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
September 1, 2019
"Most climate scientists agree that we only have less than a decade to turn things around or else we’ll be stuck with a 'worst case…
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