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Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 in 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

Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 in an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."

True

By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media:

Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 in 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

Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015 in a speech at Liberty University:

"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."

False

By Steve Contorno • March 24, 2015

David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":

Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015

Tyrone Brooks
stated on January 20, 2015 in a statement:

State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food stamps.

Half-True

By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 2015

Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 in 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

Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The labor participation rate is at an all-time low."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • March 8, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 in 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 in 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

Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 in a speech:

Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 in 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

Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2015 in a statement:

On supporting right to work legislation in 2015

Full Flop

By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2015

George Nee
stated on February 5, 2015 in 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 in 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

Maggie Hassan
stated on February 12, 2015 in her budget address:

Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.

Mostly True

By Casey McDermott • February 13, 2015

Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 in the 2015 State of the County address:

In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."

Mostly True

By April Hunt • February 13, 2015

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