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John Taylor
stated on April 24, 2015 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":

"The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 7, 2015

Dino Baccari
stated on April 16, 2015 testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.:

A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015

Rose Mary Grant
stated on March 29, 2015 a Providence Journal commentary.:

Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."

Mostly True

By Mark Reynolds • April 30, 2015

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Mackubin Thomas Owens
stated on March 18, 2015 a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administration’s position on nuclear disarmament."

Mostly False

By Mark Reynolds • April 12, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview:

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary:

"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015

Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."

Mostly True

By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015

Nancy Denuccio
stated on March 6, 2015 a TV interview:

"We've seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21."

False

By Katie Mulvaney • March 13, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 a news conference:

"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’

True

By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015

Steven Frias
stated on February 24, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2015

Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 a newspaper column:

"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."

False

By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation:

Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015

James Skeffington
stated on February 10, 2015 a radio interview:

Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."

True

By Katie Mulvaney • February 26, 2015

Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee:

Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015

George Nee
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee:

Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2015

Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before the House Committee on Labor:

The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2015

Sheila Resseger
stated on January 10, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."

Mostly True

By Katie Mulvaney • February 15, 2015

Susan Shapiro
stated on January 15, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S."

True

By Katie Mulvaney • February 9, 2015

Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "10 News Conference":

"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015

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