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Health clinic executive says Rhode Island has the highest rate of uninsured adults in New England

January 4, 2011

"Rhode Island has the highest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in New England."

Jeb Bush touts education gains in ‘Wall Street Journal’ piece

January 3, 2011

"In 1998, nearly half of Florida's fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read."

Pat Toomey says U.S. has highest corporate tax rates in the world

January 3, 2011

"We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now."

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore says her district is fourth poorest in the nation

January 3, 2011

"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.

Gov. Ted Strickland correct about improvements in Ohio’s jobless numbers

January 3, 2011

"We are one of only two states to have eight consecutive months of declining unemployment. Twenty-one states had increased unemployment last month. Ours went down."

Austin activist Dean Wright says Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party events

January 3, 2011

Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.  

DeKalb “greenest county in nation” claim gets muddy

January 3, 2011

"The Greenest County in America."

Speaker Bill Howell says proposed federal regulations would affect every street sign

January 1, 2011

Proposed federal regulations would affect every street sign in the country

Veterans commission representative says one in three homeless men is a veteran

January 1, 2011

Says one out of three U.S. homeless men is a veteran.

Does Clackamas County plan to turn a $5 a year vehicle registration fee into a $40 fee in the future?

December 31, 2010

Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and…

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith says border death toll is 28,000

December 31, 2010

"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."

Del. Ward Armstrong does half-flip on borrowing for roads

December 30, 2010

On whether the state should ramp up borrowing to build roads. 

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