Latest Fact-Checks By Alex Kuffner

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Robert Jacquard
Robert Jacquard
stated on March 6, 2012 in a speech:
"There are a lot of casinos across the country that have gone bankrupt."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 15, 2012
Glenford Shibley
Glenford Shibley
stated on December 9, 2011 in a news release:
"Rhode Island is the only state where officers at state-supported [colleges] carry out their duties unarmed."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • March 7, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 in a speech:
Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012
Richard Morrison
Richard Morrison
stated on February 15, 2012 in a legislative hearing:
After Arizona banned smoking in "all public places" in 2007, "admissions for acute myocardial infarction … stroke, asthma, [and] angina decreased following the implementation of the ban."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • February 22, 2012
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 in a radio talk show:
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on February 3, 2012 in a news show:
"The commercial property tax [in Providence] is second highest in the country behind Detroit."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • February 10, 2012
Joseph Trillo
Joseph Trillo
stated on January 20, 2012 in a debate:
"We got [the Quonset Business Park] for free and we’re getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers … other than the fact that it produces the jobs."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • February 3, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 in a news conference:
The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
False
By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 22, 2012 in a news release:
 Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Kuffner • January 22, 2012
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on January 8, 2012 in a newspaper commentary:
"In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • January 15, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing:
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • January 8, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on December 13, 2011 in a speech:
"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 29, 2011
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 27, 2011 in a news show:
"We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • December 25, 2011
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 in a public forum:
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on November 25, 2011 in a news story:
"Rhode Island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 14, 2011
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