Latest Fact-Checks In Illinois

Clear
stated on June 2, 2025 Radio interview
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
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By Hope Karnopp • June 25, 2025
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 2, 2022 the 2022 State of the State address.
“A larger percentage of Illinoisans have been vaccinated than in any other Midwestern state.”
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By Analisa Trofimuk • February 11, 2022
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 13, 2020 a tweet
Says Illinois has made a "nation-leading" investment in funding for Census outreach.
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By Deborah Wilber • November 1, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on August 4, 2020 remarks at a news conference
When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 14, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 17, 2020 remarks at a press conference
Says it was “unquestionably” not within his “legal authority” to postpone Illinois’ primary election by changing the date or shifting to vote-by-mail.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 2020
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on February 12, 2020 committee hearing remarks
“We’ve also seen in the time that he’s (Donald Trump) been president, an increase in carbon emissions going absolutely in the wrong way.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 16, 2020
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on January 29, 2020 a speech
“Over the past year, Illinois has reduced its unemployment rate more than all of the top 20 most populated states in the nation — and more than our Midwestern peers.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2020
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on October 22, 2019 remarks at a committee hearing
Says that in Illinois, "fewer than 20% of those actually deported have been charged with any serious crime."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 27, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on September 23, 2019 a speech
Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 24, 2019 a speech
"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on August 18, 2019 a campaign email
"Most climate scientists agree that we only have less than a decade to turn things around or else we’ll be stuck with a 'worst case scenario' including rising sea levels, devastating droughts, and worsening famines."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on March 5, 2019 a tweet
Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly doubled during her tenure.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 10, 2019
Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on December 31, 2018 a radio interview
"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more students than they have today."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 6, 2019
Ja'Mal Green
Ja'Mal Green
stated on April 24, 2018 a radio interview
Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 1, 2018
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
stated on November 2, 2017 a press release
"CPS students are learning and growing faster than 96 percent of students in the United States."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 10, 2017
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 18, 2017 a website
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 2, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 7, 2017 in a press release
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
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By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on April 20, 2017 an op-ed
"More than 260,000 Americans are employed by the domestic solar industry — three times as many workers as employed by the entire coal mining industry."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 In a tweet
"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017
Jacqueline Collins
Jacqueline Collins
stated on February 24, 2017 an email newsletter
"Governor Rauner has called every year for eliminating funding for afterschool programs for at-risk youth, homeless prevention services and programs that help autistic children."
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By Marc Filippino • March 30, 2017
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