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Latest Fact-Checks In Rhode Island

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Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV interview:
Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."
False
By John Hill • March 10, 2014
Michael Cerullo
Michael Cerullo
stated on February 20, 2014 in a newspaper commentary:
"Marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 6, 2014
Bing West
Bing West
stated on February 25, 2014 in a radio interview:
Seventy-five percent of the young adults in this country are not mentally or physically fit to serve.
True
By John Hill • March 2, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on February 2, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"The budget I managed at the Department of Education was more than $60 million."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2014
Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 11, 2014 in a news conference:
Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.
True
By John Hill • February 22, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 in a House floor speech:
"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014
Jonathan Boucher
Jonathan Boucher
stated on January 31, 2014 in a Providence Journal commentary:
"The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on January 27, 2014 in a news release:
Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island "only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family."  
True
By John Hill • February 14, 2014
Daniel Harrop
Daniel Harrop
stated on December 15, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers:
"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 9, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 15, 2014 in his state of state speech:
"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."
Half-True
By John Hill • February 2, 2014
Ian Prior
Ian Prior
stated on January 14, 2014 in a Providence Journal commentary:
"Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee stage."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 30, 2014
Richard August
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 in a Providence Journal commentary:
Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
Steven King
Steven King
stated on January 5, 2014 in 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.
True
By John Hill • January 22, 2014
Nicholas Gorham
Nicholas Gorham
stated on December 30, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:
The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
True
By John Hill • January 19, 2014
Rhode Island Senate
Rhode Island Senate
stated on January 15, 2014 in a Senate resolution:
"The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 17, 2014
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
stated on December 24, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:
"You don’t see Norway losing population, and its taxes are astronomical."
Mostly True
By John Hill • January 7, 2014
For Our Daughters RI
For Our Daughters RI
stated on January 2, 2014 in an online petition:
"Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 5, 2014
Brett Smiley
Brett Smiley
stated on December 19, 2013 in a campaign speech:
"Of all cities in the United States with more than 100,000 people, Providence is the 183rd safest."
Mostly True
By John Hill • December 30, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 28, 2013
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on December 11, 2013 in an advertisement:
"Rhode Island’s teen binge drinking rate is double the national average."
False
By John Hill • December 22, 2013
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