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Latest Fact-Checks In Rhode Island

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Ian Lang
Ian Lang
stated on May 18, 2011 a state Senate committee hearing
"Rhode Island continues to have the highest rates of substance abuse in the country."
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By Richard Salit • June 9, 2011
Rhode Island ACLU
Rhode Island ACLU
stated on May 4, 2011 a news release
"No other Northeastern state has passed a photo ID law"
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By Richard Salit • May 22, 2011
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on April 3, 2011 TV interview
Proposed fees for Rhode Island beaches will still be "less than some of the town beaches."
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By Richard Salit • April 10, 2011
James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
stated on April 1, 2011 a segment of WPRI's Newsmakers program
Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview
The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions.
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By Peter Lord • February 27, 2011
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 4, 2010 a letter to a Senate committee
"New England already has access to ample supplies of natural gas."
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By Peter Lord • January 23, 2011
Jamie Samons
Jamie Samons
stated on November 17, 2010 a Providence Journal story
"We were one of the first states in the U.S. to build sewers, to bring the treatment plant on line."
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By Edward Fitzpatrick • November 28, 2010
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor.
"The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 21, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on October 15, 2010 a biography on Robitaille's campaign website
His biography says he was the top ROTC officer in the nation.
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By Cynthia Needham • October 17, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on October 4, 2010 an interview on WHJJ's Helen Glover Show
"Rhode Island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 6, 2010
Kernan
Kernan "Kerry" King
stated on August 21, 2010 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers
In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 a TV and Internet commercial
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 13, 2010 a debate
Providence has "the lowest crime rate in three decades."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2010
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on July 1, 2010 a video on her web page
The company I created, Point Judith Capital, "is the only venture capital firm in Rhode Island."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2010
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 23, 2010 Democratic Governors Association website
Democrats say Chafee wants to tax equipment that enables amputee veterans to drive
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By Cynthia Needham • July 5, 2010
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on June 2, 2010 a posting on his website
Langevin votes "the party line about 98 percent of the time."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 27, 2010
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