Latest Fact Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

Preckwinkle inflates role in shedding light on McDonald case

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

January 15, 2019

Says she "made sure Laquan McDonald’s autopsy went public" and "called for the dash cam footage to be released."

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Mendoza stretches the facts on the commuter tax

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

January 13, 2019

"Every city that has a commuter tax — look at Detroit, Philadelphia — they are actually stagnating in terms of their economy. It’s been a…

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Vallas claims CPS healthier under his watch

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

January 6, 2019

"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more…

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Did police shootings plunge under McCarthy’s leadership?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

December 23, 2018

"There was almost a 70 percent reduction in police-related shootings under my tenure because of training, supervision and policy decisions."

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What’s missing from Daley’s property tax freeze pledge

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

December 16, 2018

Says he "will put a moratorium on tax hikes to keep families in their homes."

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Are Chicago residents among the nation’s most taxed?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

December 2, 2018

Says Chicagoans "live in one of the most taxed cities and the most taxed county, unfortunately, in the country."

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Did Mendoza cast the deciding vote to abolish Illinois’ death penalty? Not really.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

November 25, 2018

"I was the deciding vote on abolishing the death penalty in the state of Illinois."

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Vallas’ sticky attack on Mendoza’s city sticker record

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

November 18, 2018

Says Susana Mendoza’s assertion that she fought efforts to hike vehicle sticker prices when she was Chicago’s city clerk "is absurd … Mendoza pushed a draconian…

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Casten tax claim taxed by facts

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

October 31, 2018

Under the GOP tax law, "if you live in Hinsdale, Illinois … you are now being double-taxed to the tune of $35,000."

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Roskam fibs about facts — and fact checks — of his health care record

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

October 28, 2018

Says the Washington Post fact-checked a charge he opposed pre-existing condition protections for health insurance "and gave that Four Pinocchios."

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Sessions wrong again on Chicago murder spike cause

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

October 23, 2018

An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016.

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Rauner ad rewrites property tax history

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

October 7, 2018

"For decades, Madigan kept property taxes high and made a fortune helping cronies like Pritzker dodge them."

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