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Rhode Island Catholic Bishop Tobin says U.S. Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage could nullify any Rhode Island votes on the issue

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. April 3, 2013

"Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court expected this…

ProgressOhio says Ohio lacks a law prohibiting employment and housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

By Tom Feran April 2, 2013

"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."

Mark Kelly says 94 percent of Floridians support universal background checks

By Becky Bowers April 2, 2013

Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check."

Matt Mackowiak says UT president has raised four-year graduation rate to 75 percent

By W. Gardner Selby April 2, 2013

Says the president of the University of Texas has raised four-year student graduation rates to 75 percent.

Will Weatherford says 1,000 people a day move to Florida because of freedom

By Amy Sherman April 2, 2013

"Almost 1,000 people a day" are moving to Florida "because they are more free here than they are in some other states."

Rick Perry says only three in 10 Texas physicians accept new Medicaid patients

By W. Gardner Selby April 1, 2013

"Only three in 10 Texas doctors are currently accepting new Medicaid patients."

Email from ‘a Florida teacher’ says Dominican student takes free school aid before returning home

By Amy Sherman April 1, 2013

College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards…

Joe Barton says domestic greenhouse gas emissions at 20-year low

By W. Gardner Selby April 1, 2013

Says U.S. greenhouse gas "emissions are at 20-year lows."

State Sen. Bill Seitz says the current and former secretaries of state have supported controversial provision in election bill

By Brandon Blackwell April 1, 2013

Says that Secretary of State Jon Husted and former secretary Jennifer Brunner both have supported a provision in Senate Bill 47 that would limit the…

Watchdog says Reed didn’t talk to public about stadium

By Janel Davis April 1, 2013

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held not one conversation with the public about the new Falcons stadium project

Pete Snyder says Medicaid causes higher risk of surgery death

April 1, 2013

"A study by the University of Virginia pulls back the curtain on Medicaid’s tragically bad outcomes, including ‘increased risk of adjusted mortality.’"

Sheila Oliver claims gun violence killed 269 people in New Jersey in 2011

By Caryn Shinske March 31, 2013

"In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence."

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