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Head of R.I. Elections Board says state is the last using “Optech III P” voting machines and they don’t meet federal standards

By Tom Mooney

March 16, 2013

Rhode Island is the last state still using the Optech III P voting machines and they don’t meet suggested federal standards.

Update: Brendan Doherty says Cicilline campaign worker never paid back $103,000 loan to city

By Tom Mooney

September 18, 2012

"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never…

Providence taxes are among the highest in the country

By Tom Mooney

September 7, 2012

Providence has "amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country."

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline says the United States will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, on roads, bridges, training police officers and more

By Tom Mooney

September 5, 2012

"We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our…

Anthony Gemma says that when U.S. Rep. David Cicilline was mayor of Providence, the city had “amongst the last school system in the entire country.”

By Tom Mooney

August 30, 2012

Says that as Providence’s mayor, David Cicilline said the city had a "world-class … school system. Not only did Providence not have a world-class school…

R.I. congressional candidate Michael Riley says President Obama “cut $716 billion from Medicare.

By Tom Mooney

August 29, 2012

"President Obama is attacking Paul Ryan on Medicare even though it is his administration with the help of Jim Langevin who cut $716 billion from…

Challenger’s claim on Rep. Petrarca’s voting on auto body bills Mostly True

By Tom Mooney

August 21, 2012

Rep. Peter Petrarca "voted on two pieces of legislation that helped auto body shops ... and at that point I think there is a conflict…

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline says Republican Brendan Doherty wants to raise Social Security eligibility age without regard for workers in physically demanding jobs

By Tom Mooney

August 15, 2012

"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would…

West says more people went on Social Security Disability Insurance in June than jobs created

By Tom Mooney

August 9, 2012

In June 2012 "we actually had more people go on Social Security Disability [85,000] ... than the 80,000 jobs that were created."

Michael Gardiner says moratorium on jet flights after 9/11 caused temperature drop over U.S.

By Tom Mooney

August 1, 2012

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks grounded commercial air traffic, "there was a temperature drop while the airplanes weren't flying, for the week afterwards."

Former R.I. gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille says unemployment dropped in every state that elected a Republican governor in 2010

By Louis Jacobson , Tom Mooney

July 11, 2012

"Unemployment rate dropped in every state that elected a Republican gov. in 2010"

R.I. State Rep. Helio Melo says washing a car at home uses 80 percent more water than a car wash would use

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. , Tom Mooney

July 1, 2012

"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."

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Head of R.I. Elections Board says state is the last using “Optech III P” voting machines and they don’t meet federal standards

Update: Brendan Doherty says Cicilline campaign worker never paid back $103,000 loan to city

Providence taxes are among the highest in the country

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline says the United States will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, on roads, bridges, training police officers and more

Anthony Gemma says that when U.S. Rep. David Cicilline was mayor of Providence, the city had “amongst the last school system in the entire country.”

R.I. congressional candidate Michael Riley says President Obama “cut $716 billion from Medicare.

Challenger’s claim on Rep. Petrarca’s voting on auto body bills Mostly True

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline says Republican Brendan Doherty wants to raise Social Security eligibility age without regard for workers in physically demanding jobs

West says more people went on Social Security Disability Insurance in June than jobs created

Michael Gardiner says moratorium on jet flights after 9/11 caused temperature drop over U.S.

Former R.I. gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille says unemployment dropped in every state that elected a Republican governor in 2010

R.I. State Rep. Helio Melo says washing a car at home uses 80 percent more water than a car wash would use