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Latest Fact-Checks In Rhode Island

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Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on September 22, 2013 a television interview
Forty-six states have a line-item veto for the governor.
Mostly True
By Gregory Smith • October 6, 2013
Steven Frias
Steven Frias
stated on August 14, 2013 a Providence Journal commentary
The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority "was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the Newport Bridge were paid off through tolls. Once the bonds were paid, the Newport Bridge was to be transferred to the State of Rhode Island and become toll-free."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 1, 2013
Jeffrey Grybowski
Jeffrey Grybowski
stated on August 4, 2013 a television interview
Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."
Mostly True
By Gregory Smith • August 31, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on June 6, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
"Rhode Island has a [inmate] recidivism rate of over 60 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 16, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference."
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
Peter Nightingale
Peter Nightingale
stated on May 8, 2013 a web commentary
"The UK has an unarmed police force and a firearm fatality rate that is 40 times lower per capita than in the U.S."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • May 31, 2013
Lynne Derbyshire
Lynne Derbyshire
stated on May 16, 2013 The Providence Journal
"If you are black or brown, you are nine times more likely to be stopped and frisked" in New York City.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 23, 2013
Deborah Gist
Deborah Gist
stated on March 22, 2013 an appearance on "A Lively Experiment."
When students leave our high schools and they go to the community college, 70-75 percent of them have to pay to take remedial math.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2013
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on February 26, 2013 a news release
"Rhode Island could tell you who has a camper, but we couldn't figure out who has a gun."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • March 7, 2013
Nancy Denuccio
Nancy Denuccio
stated on February 20, 2013 A news release
In annual surveys of Rhode Island communities that receive Drug Free community grants, many report that more than 50 percent of youth surveyed do not think daily marijuana use poses any serious risk of harm.
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • March 1, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on January 24, 2013 a television interview
"More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • February 22, 2013
Janet Freedman
Janet Freedman
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview on 10 News Conference
Tide gauges measuring sea level in Rhode Island since 1930 have risen "maybe about 10 inches since that time."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2013
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on December 16, 2012 a newspaper commentary
"Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially."
Mostly True
By John Hill • January 8, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 a debate
Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2012
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on September 13, 2012 a forum on casino gambling
"There’s at least 7,500 addicted gamblers in Rhode Island, at least, … it could be as high as 22,000."
Mostly True
By John Hill • September 28, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news conference
"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."
Mostly True
By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on September 4, 2012 a candidates debate
Providence has "amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country."
Mostly True
By Tom Mooney • September 7, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 a debate on WPRI.com
"When President Obama took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. Now we've had job growth, I think, for 24 consecutive months."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2012
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