Fact Check Posts – Page 10

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…"

By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017

Karen Lewis
stated on September 4, 2017 a blog post

The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"

By Matt Dietrich • September 12, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on August 28, 2017 a bill signing event

"My grandparents were proud immigrants to the United States of America, here to Illinois in the late 1800s. My grandparents did not speak English when they were young."

By Bob Secter, Matt Dietrich • September 5, 2017

Illinois Family Institute
stated on August 19, 2017 a blog post

Public schools, colleges and state-funded day care centers "will be made into sanctuaries by Bruce Rauner signing SB 31."

By Matt Dietrich • August 28, 2017

Jeff Sessions
stated on August 7, 2017 a press release

Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."

By Matt Dietrich • August 16, 2017

Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 31, 2017 a press conference

"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."

By Matt Dietrich • August 14, 2017

Illinois Policy Institute
stated on August 3, 2017 a tweet

The new tax will make soda sold in Chicago among the most expensive in the country.

By Matt Dietrich • August 7, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on July 22, 2017 a press release

As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.

By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017

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."

By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 In a tweet

"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."

By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 13, 2017 a blog post

Said Vin Diesel declared his love of Rockford, Ill., after locals provided him car help and hospitality.

By Matt Dietrich • April 13, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 17, 2017 a headline

"Muslims get their way--Illinois will permit wearing burqas in driving licenses photos"

By Madeleine Doubek • April 2, 2017

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."

By Marc Filippino • March 30, 2017

Brendan Reilly
stated on February 24, 2017 on Twitter

Said Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump have both described deportations as "a military operation."

By Marc Filippino • March 23, 2017

Peter Roskam
stated on March 6, 2017 a speech at the City Club of Chicago

"The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."

By Kevin Hoffman • March 16, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2017 the annual budget speech

Says he presented "a balanced budget."

By Madeleine Doubek • March 9, 2017

Susana Mendoza
stated on February 19, 2017 a press release

"The various offices of state government have purchased more than $11 million in vehicles, not counting leases, for use from the Governor on down during the last two years."

By Kevin Hoffman • March 2, 2017

Richard Durbin
stated on February 15, 2017 an interview with Willie Geist

"You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation, economically and otherwise."

By Marc Filippino • February 23, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on December 31, 2016 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.

By Madeleine Doubek • February 17, 2017

Richard Durbin
stated on February 1, 2017 a interview on Morning Joe

Says President Barack Obama’s nominees met a standard of 60 votes, "a standard that was met by Elena Kagan as well as Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choices."

By Kevin Hoffman • February 10, 2017

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