Latest Fact-Checks By Madeleine Doubek

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 17, 2017 in a headline:
"Muslims get their way--Illinois will permit wearing burqas in driving licenses photos"
Pants on Fire!
By Madeleine Doubek • April 2, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2017 in the annual budget speech:
Says he presented "a balanced budget."
Pants on Fire!
By Madeleine Doubek • March 9, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on December 31, 2016 in an op-ed in the (Springfield) State Journal-Register:
The status quo led the General Assembly to reduce pension payments four straight years starting in 2005, costing billions of dollars as the delay in contributions essentially borrowed from pension funds at a very high interest rate.
True
By Madeleine Doubek • February 17, 2017
Christine Radogno
Christine Radogno
stated on November 14, 2016 in a press conference:
We (in Illinois) have the fifth-highest tax burden in the country.
Mostly True
By Madeleine Doubek • December 2, 2016
Citizens to Protect Transportation Funding
Citizens to Protect Transportation Funding
stated on September 28, 2016 in a TV ad:
"We can fix our roads without raising taxes."
False
By Madeleine Doubek • November 5, 2016
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 31, 2016 in an email fundraising letter:
"Republican Mark Kirk is outsourcing his campaign to a Super PAC funded almost exclusively by a bunch of hedge fund billionaires. ... I don’t have a Super PAC."
Mostly False
By Madeleine Doubek • September 28, 2016
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 26, 2016 in a press event:
Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains."
Mostly True
By Madeleine Doubek • August 25, 2016
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 15, 2016 in a website press release:
Says Rep. Tammy "Duckworth has been a staunch supporter of expanding the spending, size and reach of the IRS."
False
By Madeleine Doubek • July 21, 2016