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Latest Fact-Checks In Rhode Island

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Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on January 27, 2014 a news release
Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island "only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family."  
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By John Hill • February 14, 2014
Richard August
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary
Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
Steven King
Steven King
stated on January 5, 2014 a TV interview
"We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.
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By John Hill • January 22, 2014
Nicholas Gorham
Nicholas Gorham
stated on December 30, 2013 a newspaper commentary
The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
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By John Hill • January 19, 2014
Deadspin
Deadspin
stated on August 13, 2013 a website
The highest paid employee of the State of Rhode Island is a basketball coach.
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By Gregory Smith • September 29, 2013
Grover Fugate
Grover Fugate
stated on August 23, 2013 a TV interview
If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped
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By John Hill • September 28, 2013
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on WPRO-AM
Under Obamacare, members of Congress are required to purchase their health insurance from the new exchanges.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 18, 2013
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on July 28, 2013 a TV interview
"They’ve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented."  
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August 4, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on June 7, 2013 an appearance on WPRO.
"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2013
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on April 7, 2013 a television interview
North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."
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By Michael McKinney • May 10, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 19, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks."
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By Michael McKinney • May 4, 2013
Ban the Box RI
Ban the Box RI
stated on March 20, 2013 a video posted on YouTube
"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."
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By Michael McKinney • April 15, 2013
Larry Valencia
Larry Valencia
stated on March 19, 2013 radio interview
"Do you know that, statistically, when you take the SAT a second time, one third of the people that take the SAT, even if they've been studying, will get a lower score than they did the first time around?"
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By Patrick Marley • March 24, 2013
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on February 28, 2013 a news release
"In 32 other states and Washington D.C., they [voters] can avoid the wait by voting before Election Day."
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By Michael McKinney • March 10, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 16, 2013 his State of the State address
The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2013
Deepwater Wind
Deepwater Wind
stated on December 12, 2012 a Tweet
"Did U know? Block Island Wind Farm would mean 40% est. drop in BI electric rates."
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By John Hill • December 29, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on December 1, 2012 a newspaper interview
"The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
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By John Hill • December 9, 2012
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