Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Rhode Island state Sen. Nicholas Kettle says that states with right-to-work laws don’t run deficits and have better business climates than other states.

By Alex Kuffner

February 19, 2012

"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee says that the commercial property tax in Providence is second-highest in the nation behind only Detroit

By Alex Kuffner

February 10, 2012

"The commercial property tax [in Providence] is second highest in the country behind Detroit."

Rhode Island state Rep. Joseph Trillo says Quonset Business Park contributes nothing to the state besides jobs

By Alex Kuffner

February 3, 2012

"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…

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee says the InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country

By Alex Kuffner

January 26, 2012

The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.

Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

By Alex Kuffner

January 22, 2012

Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras says that Achievement First charter schools in Connecticut and New York outperform city and state averages on standardized tests

By Alex Kuffner

January 15, 2012

"In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages."

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says development of renewable energy will “get us off” foreign oil

By Alex Kuffner

January 8, 2012

"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get…

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says more voters were registered at Rhode Island social services agencies after a lawsuit against the state than in the prior two years

By Alex Kuffner

December 29, 2011

"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…

President of Rhode Island’s largest homeless shelter says the state has one of the highest numbers of nonprofits per capita in the U.S.

By Alex Kuffner

December 25, 2011

"We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union."

Rhode Island State Rep. Michael Chippendale says the hydrogen sulfide emanating from the state landfill is the same gas used by the Germans in the Holocaust

By Alex Kuffner

December 21, 2011

"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "

Anti-casino activist says Rhode Island gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state

By Alex Kuffner

December 14, 2011

"Rhode Island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country."

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Rhode Island state Sen. Nicholas Kettle says that states with right-to-work laws don’t run deficits and have better business climates than other states.

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee says that the commercial property tax in Providence is second-highest in the nation behind only Detroit

Rhode Island state Rep. Joseph Trillo says Quonset Business Park contributes nothing to the state besides jobs

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee says the InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country

Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras says that Achievement First charter schools in Connecticut and New York outperform city and state averages on standardized tests

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says development of renewable energy will “get us off” foreign oil

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says more voters were registered at Rhode Island social services agencies after a lawsuit against the state than in the prior two years

President of Rhode Island’s largest homeless shelter says the state has one of the highest numbers of nonprofits per capita in the U.S.

Rhode Island State Rep. Michael Chippendale says the hydrogen sulfide emanating from the state landfill is the same gas used by the Germans in the Holocaust

Anti-casino activist says Rhode Island gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state