Latest Fact Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

Emanuel blows smoke about cigarette use among Chicago teens

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

April 14, 2019

Says Chicago’s reduction in teen smoking over the last eight years is the "largest drop in the United States of America."

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No, Chicago isn’t ‘often bailed out’ by Illinois taxpayers

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

April 7, 2019

"The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS…

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No ‘jobs tax’ in Pritzker’s tax plan, despite what attack ad claims

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

March 31, 2019

"Pritzker and Madigan want to change the constitution to allow a permanent jobs tax on middle class families."

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Preckwinkle repeats urban myth about third-grade test scores, prison beds

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

March 24, 2019

"Nationally, they predict prison populations on the basis of third-grade achievement."

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Preckwinkle undersells affordable housing program’s track record

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

March 17, 2019

Says that "despite the tremendous amounts of money that have gone into it, only 400 family (housing) units have been created" in the last 12…

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Fact-checking Lightfoot’s record on police discipline

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

March 10, 2019

Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly…

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Pritzker misleads in dismissing revenue alternatives

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

March 3, 2019

Says taxing more services, taxing retirement income and increasing the flat-rate income tax would "fall disproportionately on the working poor and the middle class."

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The trouble with Mendoza’s attempt to pin Illinois’ budget crisis on Daley

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

February 17, 2019

Says Bill Daley, as part of former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s transition team, wrote "the blueprint" for record Springfield gridlock.

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Preckwinkle misrepresents Mendoza’s death penalty stand

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

February 10, 2019

Says Susana Mendoza is a supporter of the death penalty who could administer it herself and "‘...sleep like a baby at night…’"

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Chico’s soda tax swipe at Mendoza falls flat

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

February 3, 2019

"In Springfield, Susana Mendoza voted to hit working families with a massive new soda tax."

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Did McCarthy rein in Chicago’s high murder rate?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

January 27, 2019

Says Chicago "had the lowest murder rates in a generation" during his time as police superintendent.

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Did Chico cut waste and slash taxes during his City Colleges stint?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

January 20, 2019

"As chairman of the City Colleges, I cut millions in waste and we cut property taxes."

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