Latest Fact Checks By Mark Reynolds

Sen. Whitehouse gets it right: CO2 in air at historic levels

By Mark Reynolds

June 21, 2015

"This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had…

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Rep. Morgan says the Convention Center was sold with the pledge that it wouldn’t cost taxpayers

By Mark Reynolds

June 7, 2015

The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."  

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Anti-marijuana advocate says treatment levels have reached their highest point in 20 years

By Mark Reynolds

May 17, 2015

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

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Lincoln Chafee says, as R.I. governor, only four states had bigger drops in unemployment rate

By Mark Reynolds

May 10, 2015

"We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."

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Rose Mary Grant says R.I. charter schools ‘outperform’ those in other states

By Mark Reynolds

April 30, 2015

Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."

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Disputed KGB memo sparks Mac Owens claim that Kennedy tried to help Soviets undermine Reagan policy

By Mark Reynolds

April 12, 2015

"In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administration’s position on nuclear disarmament."

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Sen. Donna Nesselbush: three quarters of processed foods have genetically modified organisms

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. , Mark Reynolds

March 22, 2015

"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."

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