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Latest Fact-Checks In Illinois

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Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says he has a plan for "$1 billion in tax relief for Illinois."
Mostly False
By Brett Chase • February 16, 2018
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on February 7, 2018 a campaign ad:
"Rauner made you pay for abortions in all nine months of pregnancy."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2018
Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy
stated on January 16, 2018 an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times:
"There was no requirement to put in affordable housing."
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board:
"I have introduced balanced budgets every year that I’ve been governor."
Pants on Fire!
By Brett Chase, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board:
"No private business was conducted on public property. That issue is a contract dispute."
False
By Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 30, 2018
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 15, 2018 a campaign statement:
Says President Barack Obama advocated "fathers in the home" as the solution to gun violence.
False
By Brett Chase • January 26, 2018
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 9, 2018 a talk radio appearance:
"Chicago now has the highest employment in the private sector in the history of the city."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 22, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 3, 2018 an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet:
"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
Half-True
By Brett Chase • January 16, 2018
Joe Berrios
Joe Berrios
stated on December 11, 2017 a campaign ad:
"(Fritz) Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • December 29, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on December 4, 2017 a press conference:
"The candidates controlled by Madigan, all of them have said, ‘The answer to our problems is a massive income tax hike.’ "
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • December 14, 2017
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on December 6, 2017 a candidate forum:
"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
False
By Matt Dietrich • December 11, 2017
Daniel Biss
Daniel Biss
stated on November 27, 2017 a tweet:
These guys are now pretty much living up to the @BruceRauner standard. And falling dismally short of the @MittRomney standard. Even Romney released his full tax returns.
True
By Matt Dietrich • December 4, 2017
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
stated on November 2, 2017 a press release:
"CPS students are learning and growing faster than 96 percent of students in the United States."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 10, 2017
Michael Madigan
Michael Madigan
stated on October 31, 2017 a committee hearing:
"The Legislative Ethics Commission continues to function."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • November 9, 2017
Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 a campaign ad:
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
True
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on October 20, 2017 a press conference:
"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 a speech:
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 a press conference:
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on October 2, 2017 a press conference:
"I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country. That certainly hasn’t helped there."
Pants on Fire!
By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2017
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 18, 2017 a website:
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
Mostly True
By Matt Dietrich • October 2, 2017
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