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David Quiroa says Rhode Island has allowed illegal immigrants to have drivers licenses in the past

By Lynn Arditi October 16, 2011

"Under Governor Almond the RI DMV had a program that allowed undocumented [people to] use their Personal Tax Identification Number . . . to apply…

Tom Kean Jr. says Democratic tax hikes chased jobs out of New Jersey

By Erin O'Neill October 16, 2011

Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."

Portland Mayor Sam Adams: Occupy Wall Street protest camps in hundreds of U.S. cities?

By Janie Har October 15, 2011

Says "There are now Occupy Wall Street camps in hundreds of cities across the United States."

Michele Bachmann says Texas spending increased more than 50 percent under Rick Perry

By Sue Owen October 14, 2011

Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.

Alan Grayson says United States has fifth-most unequal wealth distribution in world

By Louis Jacobson October 14, 2011

"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our…

Mitt Romney attack Barack Obama over Boeing plant question

By Jon Greenberg October 14, 2011

Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."

Rick Perry ad says ‘Romneycare’ cost 18,000 jobs

By Angie Drobnic Holan October 14, 2011

"Romneycare has … killed 18,000 Massachusetts jobs."

Health care advocate says Wisconsin bill would give drug makers immunity from lawsuits over injury or death

October 14, 2011

Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."

Ward Armstrong says Appalachian Power Company is making “record profits”

By Warren Fiske October 14, 2011

Appalachian Power Company is making "record profits."

Cain says Medicare, Social Security in financial trouble

By Willoughby Mariano October 14, 2011

"Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."

R.I. Rep. Peter Palumbo misses marks when reporting where state ranks in Tax Foundation ratings

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. October 14, 2011

"The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th…

Mitt Romney says uninsured increased under Rick Perry

By Louis Jacobson October 13, 2011

When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up."

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