Latest Fact-Checks By John Hill

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Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on March 27, 2014 in a TV interview:
The Rhode Island Parole Board "never received an objection from the attorney general" to the parole of  convicted murder Alfred Brissette.
True
By John Hill • April 30, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 3, 2014 in a website statement:
"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."
True
By John Hill • April 27, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 in a campaign website:
In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."
Half-True
By John Hill • April 15, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on March 7, 2014 in a radio interview:
After hiring a campaign manager in 2006, "I got this $100 and something fee ... for hazardous materials."  
Mostly False
By John Hill • March 23, 2014
NAACP
NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 in a news release:
In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.
True
By John Hill • March 16, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV interview:
Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."
False
By John Hill • March 10, 2014
Bing West
Bing West
stated on February 25, 2014 in a radio interview:
Seventy-five percent of the young adults in this country are not mentally or physically fit to serve.
True
By John Hill • March 2, 2014
Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 11, 2014 in a news conference:
Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.
True
By John Hill • February 22, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on January 27, 2014 in a news release:
Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island "only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family."  
True
By John Hill • February 14, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 15, 2014 in his state of state speech:
"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."
Half-True
By John Hill • February 2, 2014
Steven King
Steven King
stated on January 5, 2014 in a TV interview:
"We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.
True
By John Hill • January 22, 2014
Nicholas Gorham
Nicholas Gorham
stated on December 30, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:
The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
True
By John Hill • January 19, 2014
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
stated on December 24, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:
"You don’t see Norway losing population, and its taxes are astronomical."
Mostly True
By John Hill • January 7, 2014
Brett Smiley
Brett Smiley
stated on December 19, 2013 in a campaign speech:
"Of all cities in the United States with more than 100,000 people, Providence is the 183rd safest."
Mostly True
By John Hill • December 30, 2013
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on December 11, 2013 in an advertisement:
"Rhode Island’s teen binge drinking rate is double the national average."
False
By John Hill • December 22, 2013
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on November 13, 2013 in a campaign speech:
The town of Cumberland has "its highest bond rating in history."
Mostly True
By John Hill • December 13, 2013
Joseph Henchman
Joseph Henchman
stated on November 19, 2013 in hearing testimony:
"Only 25 percent of what people buy is subject to Rhode Island’s sales tax."
False
By John Hill • December 1, 2013
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on October 21, 2013 in a statement on WPRO-AM:
"Under Mayor Cicilline, [Providence] was a sanctuary city."
False
By John Hill • November 24, 2013
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch
stated on October 15, 2013 in a speech:
"Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top."    
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 27, 2013
Grover Fugate
Grover Fugate
stated on August 23, 2013 in a TV interview:
If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped
True
By John Hill • September 28, 2013
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