Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
Investigator
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Stories Published
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Fact-Checks Published
Kiannah Sepeda-Miller is an investigator with the Better Government Association in Chicago. She worked in the Associated Press Illinois Statehouse Bureau while earning a master's degree in Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
- No, migrant ‘caravan’ from Tapachula, Mexico is not the population of Minneapolis October 31, 2021
- No proof for lawmaker’s claim that 75% of Illinois Republicans are vaccinated against COVID October 3, 2021
- Fact-checking Casten’s overheated claim about extreme Chicago summers September 1, 2021
- No, Pelosi was not calling all the shots for Capitol security officials on Jan. 6 August 5, 2021
- States can use ARPA money to replenish unemployment funds, contrary to Pritzker’s claim July 30, 2021
- Downstate senator wrong on Medicaid eligibility for Illinois undocumented immigrants July 20, 2021
- No, Cook County criminal courts haven’t been ‘shut down’ for 15 months July 4, 2021
- No, southern Illinois’ Prairie State is not the nation’s ‘cleanest’ coal plant June 27, 2021
- Did GOP lawmakers push for independent map commission? June 11, 2021
- Yes, large majorities support elected Chicago school board May 23, 2021
Latest Stories by Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- Pritzker’s capital spending claim raises questions though parts track with past practices July 14, 2019
- Fact-checking the resume-driven Chicago mayor’s race February 24, 2019
- Rauner blames Democrats for decades of bipartisan can-kicking December 9, 2018
- The 2019 Chicago mayor’s race is heating up: Here’s what we’re watching November 11, 2018
- Fact-checking the fact-challenged candidates for Illinois governor November 4, 2018
- Rauner, Pritzker tax disclosures rich in avoidance October 21, 2018
- “Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping October 14, 2018
- Rauner corrupts the word ‘corrupt’ August 19, 2018
- Rauner, Pritzker shun transparency even when it might help July 22, 2018
- Oh, the Humanity! Rahm Emanuel, a preschool teacher? June 11, 2018