Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2018 a campaign ad

Says he has a plan for "$1 billion in tax relief for Illinois."

By Brett Chase • February 16, 2018

Jeanne Ives
stated on February 7, 2018 a campaign ad

"Rauner made you pay for abortions in all nine months of pregnancy."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2018

Chris Kennedy
stated on January 16, 2018 an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times

"There was no requirement to put in affordable housing."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2018

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."

By Brett Chase, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2018

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."

By Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 30, 2018

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.

By Brett Chase • January 26, 2018

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."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 22, 2018

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."

By Brett Chase • January 16, 2018

Joe Berrios
stated on December 11, 2017 a campaign ad

"(Fritz) Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons."

By Matt Dietrich • December 29, 2017

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.’ "

By Matt Dietrich • December 14, 2017

JB Pritzker
stated on December 6, 2017 a candidate forum

"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."

By Matt Dietrich • December 11, 2017

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.

By Matt Dietrich • December 4, 2017

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."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 10, 2017

Michael Madigan
stated on October 31, 2017 a committee hearing

"The Legislative Ethics Commission continues to function."

By Matt Dietrich • November 9, 2017

Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 a campaign ad

"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."

By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017

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."

By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017

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."

By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017

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."

By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017

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."

By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2017

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."

By Matt Dietrich • October 2, 2017

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