Latest Fact-Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

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Troy LaRaviere
Troy LaRaviere
stated on June 1, 2018 in a blog post:
"Under Emanuel, CPS has become the most understaffed school district in Illinois."
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 21, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on June 12, 2018 in a speech:
Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 18, 2018
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on May 20, 2018 in a radio interview:
"We are the only metropolitan area in the country that’s losing population." 
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 1, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on May 11, 2018 in a policy forum:
"There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 24, 2018
Ja'Mal Green
Ja'Mal Green
stated on April 24, 2018 in a radio interview:
Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 1, 2018
Garry McCarthy
Garry McCarthy
stated on March 30, 2018 in a campaign post:
Studies show "the 2016 shooting and murder rate in Chicago cost us about $9.6 BILLION DOLLARS" and "the entire City budget for 2018 is $8.6 billion dollars. This math does not work, it is financially killing our city."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 17, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 30, 2018 in a tweet:
A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 10, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 20, 2018 in his victory speech:
"Newspapers have framed this election as my fight against the Illinois mafia."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 21, 2018
Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy
stated on February 9, 2018 in an interview with the Southern Illinoisan editorial board:
"Zero percent of kids in Cairo are college-ready."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 1, 2018
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on February 7, 2018 in a campaign ad:
"Rauner made you pay for abortions in all nine months of pregnancy."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2018
Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy
stated on January 16, 2018 in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times:
"There was no requirement to put in affordable housing."
True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 in a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board:
"I have introduced balanced budgets every year that I’ve been governor."
Pants on Fire!
By Brett Chase, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 2, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 in a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board:
"No private business was conducted on public property. That issue is a contract dispute."
False
By Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 30, 2018
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 9, 2018 in a talk radio appearance:
"Chicago now has the highest employment in the private sector in the history of the city."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 22, 2018
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
stated on November 2, 2017 in a press release:
"CPS students are learning and growing faster than 96 percent of students in the United States."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 10, 2017
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