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Is 20 percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District really affordable?

By Janie Har November 18, 2011

Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’

The largest numbers of gamblers come from poorest segment of population, says Florida Family Policy Council

By Amy Sherman November 18, 2011

The largest number of gamblers are "from the poorest segments of the population."  

Biden says middle income earners lost ground before the recession

By Maryalice Gill November 18, 2011

"The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007."

State Treasurer Kurt Schuller says recall petitions must be signed in presence of another person

By James B. Nelson November 18, 2011

Wisconsin law says all recall petition signers must sign in the presence of another person.

Josh Mandel accuses Sherrod Brown of “egging on” protesters doing vulgar acts

By Henry J. Gomez November 18, 2011

Says that Sen. Sherrod Brown is "out there egging on a lot of these protesters who are spitting on policemen and going to the bathroom…

Service Employees International Union President Philip Keefe says the state pension fund has enough money for the next 16 years

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. November 18, 2011

"If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years."

Where does Cain stand on auditing the Federal Reserve?

By Eric Stirgus November 18, 2011

On auditing the Federal Reserve

Do more than half of all tax filers really pay no federal income tax?

By Charles Pope November 17, 2011

Says "51 percent of federal tax filers paid zero federal income tax."

Rick Perry says Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms November 17, 2011

Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.

Mitt Romney says failed solar company Solyndra ‘had robots that whistled Disney songs’

By Becky Bowers November 17, 2011

Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."

Did the program that funded the Solyndra loan start under George W. Bush? David Plouffe says so

By Becky Bowers November 17, 2011

The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."

Chris Christie says graduation rate, spending levels in Newark public schools show the ‘model is broken’

By Erin O'Neill November 17, 2011

Says 23 percent of ninth graders in Newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and "we spend $100,000 on their education…

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