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Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria says tourists — not taxpayers — paid most of public cost for stadium

By Amy Sherman March 5, 2013

The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our…

Numbers right about sentencing, but cause is elusive

By Janel Davis March 5, 2013

"In Atlanta, since 1994 when the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ (mandatory minimum sentences) took effect, the violent crime rate has dropped 62 percent."

House Speaker John Boehner says Obama, Democrats have no plan to replace sequester

By Molly Moorhead March 4, 2013

"There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."

Two-thirds collecting unemployment don’t have to look for jobs, Scott Walker says

March 4, 2013

Two-thirds of Wisconsinites receiving unemployment checks "are not required to search for work due to current work search exemptions."

U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter claims NH is only state without full service VA hospital

By Maryalice Gill March 4, 2013

New Hampshire is currently the only state in the nation that does not have a full-service veterans hospital or equivalent access.

Rep. Sondy Pope says increases in education funding won’t catch up to previous levels for 12 years

By Dave Umhoefer March 3, 2013

Under Gov. Scott Walker’s public-school budgets, "a student entering kindergarten will not enjoy the same state investment in his or her education as those that…

Chris Christie says number of private-sector jobs growing in New Jersey

By Caryn Shinske March 3, 2013

"Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best…

Leader of Alliance for Safe Communities says employers can get thousands of dollars in tax breaks and bond money to hire convicted felons

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. March 3, 2013

"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program…

Is the average age of entry into sex trafficking between 12 and 14 years old?

By Janie Har March 2, 2013

Says "Studies show the average age of entry into prostitution is 12 to 14 years old."

Barack Obama says “the majority of the American people agree with me” on spending cuts and tax increases to fix the budget

By Becky Bowers March 1, 2013

Says a majority of Americans -- and Republicans -- support his approach for deficit reduction.

Trey Martinez Fischer says Texas Legislature has never avoided violating Section 5 of Voting Rights Act

By W. Gardner Selby March 1, 2013

Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Rep. Ami Bera says due to sequester, ‘people are going to be unsafe. Homes are going to burn’

By Louis Jacobson March 1, 2013

Due to the sequester, "people are going to be unsafe. Homes are going to burn."

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