Latest Fact Checks By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

Was Rauner’s first term a dry spell for jobs? No.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

July 16, 2018

Gov. Bruce Rauner has "created no jobs over the past three years."

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Emanuel wrong again on Chicago jobs

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

July 9, 2018

"Chicago is experiencing right now the highest employment since 1950."

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Illinois lite guv calls progressive tax idea regressive

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

July 2, 2018

Says a progressive income tax proposal from Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker "is wholly regressive."

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Did Rauner really pour $1 billion ‘down the drain’?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

June 25, 2018

"$1 billion—that’s how much Bruce Rauner has wasted with his budget crisis."

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Is CPS the most understaffed district in Illinois?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

June 21, 2018

"Under Emanuel, CPS has become the most understaffed school district in Illinois."

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Rauner’s Legionnaires’ claim misses the mark–and the point

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

June 18, 2018

Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.

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No, Chicagoland isn’t the only metro area losing residents

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

June 1, 2018

"We are the only metropolitan area in the country that’s losing population." 

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Rauner says Texas is more union job friendly than Illinois

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

May 24, 2018

"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…

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Does Chicago pay tree trimmers top dollar?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

May 1, 2018

Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."

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Is Chicago gun violence really ‘killing’ the city’s budget?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

April 17, 2018

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…

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Facts bug new Pritzker attack line on Quincy Veterans’ Home

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

April 10, 2018

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…

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Bruce Rauner cites own remarks as proof of outside support for election night claim

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller

March 21, 2018

"Newspapers have framed this election as my fight against the Illinois mafia."

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