Latest Fact-Checks By Janie Har

"This would be the largest casino in the United States."

Clackamas County Commissioners "approved a re-negotiated agreement to lower the county’s contribution to TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project to $19.9 million from $25 million."

Art Robinson says "Social Security should be ended through attrition."

"This ban will only apply to Oregon commercial fishermen. Washington commercial fishermen would still be allowed to use gillnets on the Columbia River."

"Without Westside MAX, we’d need to add 2.9 lanes to the Sunset Highway."

Says "About 7 in 10 of Oregon’s inmates are in prison for violent crimes and serious sex offenses."

Unemployment among Oregon high school graduates aged 18 to 20 increased more than 200 percent from 2008 to 2011, while the U.S. average increased only…

The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project has created 1,525 direct jobs as of June 11, 2012.

Says "Your kid just ate 16 packs of sugar."

Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 "will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections." 

"We’re spending $12,000 bucks a kid a year in the school system."

Says "TriMet's own analysis shows that YouthPass does not actually add to the transit agency's costs."