Dana Tims

Dana Tims

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Dana Tims is a reporter for The Oregonian, covering Washington County politics and government.

dtims@oregonian.com

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Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on October 10, 2014 in a campaign debate:
"Women and men both are making less when you adjust for inflation than when" John Kitzhaber was first elected governor.
False
By Dana Tims • October 30, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on October 20, 2014 in a campaign debate:
"Ninety-five percent of Oregonians now have health insurance coverage, tens of thousands for the very first time."
True
By Dana Tims • October 20, 2014
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on October 2, 2014 in an email:
"TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT"
True
By Dana Tims • October 7, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 18, 2014 in a chain email:
Was Martha Kanter "dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money" to save Craig Robinson’s job?
Pants on Fire!
By Dana Tims • September 23, 2014
Shemia Fagan
Shemia Fagan
stated on August 15, 2014 in an Oregon Voters' Pamphlet statement:
"I sponsored the new Buy American law"
False
By Dana Tims • September 12, 2014
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on August 7, 2014 in a roundtable discussion with senior citizens:
"Social Security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. Not one cent."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • September 8, 2014
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
stated on August 20, 2014 in a political debate:
"We’ve seen highway fatalities actually decrease in Colorado" since marijuana use was legalized.
Half-True
By Dana Tims • August 22, 2014
Freedom Partners
Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 in a television ad:
Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."
False
By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:
"It's been 17 years that we've had unemployment higher than the national average in Oregon."
True
By Dana Tims • August 4, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 in a syndicated column:
Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."
False
By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014
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