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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
Ian Prior
Ian Prior
stated on January 14, 2014 in a Providence Journal commentary:
"Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee stage."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 30, 2014
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on October 2, 2013 in a news release:
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2013
American LeadHERship PAC
American LeadHERship PAC
stated on August 31, 2013 in a website:
Under Mayor Angel Taveras "Providence’s bond rating was downgraded from A to BBB, two steps above junk-bond status."  
Half-True
By Gregory Smith • September 15, 2013
Frank Annunziato
Frank Annunziato
stated on August 6, 2013 in a newspaper interview:
Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions
Half-True
By Gregory Smith • September 7, 2013
Steve Goreham
Steve Goreham
stated on August 5, 2013 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2013
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
Brian Schatz
Brian Schatz
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 in a keynote address:
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Raymond Gallison
Raymond Gallison
stated on June 13, 2013 in a House floor debate:
"Seventy-four percent of Rhode Islanders support [a] national popular vote [for president] because they, as I, believe in one person-one vote."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2013
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference":
Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 2, 2013
Joee Lindbeck
Joee Lindbeck
stated on April 11, 2013 in a House Finance Committee hearing:
"Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department" about residents in the state's sex offender registry.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 9, 2013 in a Senate speech published on YouTube:
"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 28, 2013
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on April 12, 2013 in a TV interview:
Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them."
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • April 23, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 8, 2013 in a tweet promoting Equal Pay Day:
"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 18, 2013
Eva Marie Mancuso
Eva Marie Mancuso
stated on April 5, 2013 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers":
When the NECAP proficiency test is re-given to the kids the second and third time, harder questions are taken out.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2013
Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 in a comment made on "10 News Conference.":
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on February 27, 2013 in a speech:
"Even Roger Williams National Memorial in my home state of Rhode Island attracted nearly 51,000 visitors in 2011, with non local visitors adding more than $3.2 million to the local economy."
Half-True
By John Hill • March 27, 2013
Robert Kando
Robert Kando
stated on March 7, 2013 in testimony before the R.I. House Oversight Committee:
Rhode Island is the last state still using the Optech III P voting machines and they don’t meet suggested federal standards.
Half-True
By Tom Mooney • March 16, 2013
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