Latest Fact-Checks By Lynn Arditi

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Cianci says Chafee staffer Michael Trainor still owes $250,000 to R.I.

September 11, 2011

"Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."

R.I. union leaders says national study shows 20 percent of charter schools perform better than traditional public schools and 40 percent perform worse

September 1, 2011

A national study of 2,500 charter schools shows that "maybe 20 percent do better than the community public schools, 40 percent or so do worse…

Union leader says Central Falls firefighters are among lowest paid in Rhode Island

August 28, 2011

The Central Falls fire department is "one of the lowest, if not the lowest, paid fire departments in the state and entire region."

Consultant says 37 percent of Central Falls’ retired police officers and firefighters are on disability pensions, compared with 5 percent nationally

August 18, 2011

Thirty-seven percent of Central Falls’ retired police officers and firefighters are out on disability pensions; in most municipalities, about 5 percent of retirees collect disability…

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