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Lynn Arditi
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Lynn Arditi is a reporter for The Providence Journal who has written about the economy, the housing crisis, prostitution and, most recently, child welfare. Before coming to The Journal in 1989, she worked as a staff writer at the Center for Investigative Reporting, in Washington, D.C. and as a reporter at the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, in Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio.
Latest Fact-Checks by Lynn Arditi
- Saga of bodies found in barrels on Clinton property is fake news June 26, 2017
- Rep. David Cicilline says the Right-to-Carry Act would expand rights of “sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.” January 1, 2012
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says U.S. spends 18 percent of its GDP on healthcare, far more than other nations November 20, 2011
- Rhode Island AARP head Kathleen Connell says 60 percent of state retirees don’t get Social Security November 13, 2011
- Gov. Lincoln Chafee says Rhode Island would be first state in U.S. to adopt hybrid retirement plan for public employees November 2, 2011
- Occupy Providence sign says Goldman Sachs CEO earns in an hour what minimum wage worker earns in a year October 26, 2011
- R.I. Rep. Edith Ajello says half of pregnancies in U.S. are unintended October 21, 2011
- David Quiroa says Rhode Island has allowed illegal immigrants to have drivers licenses in the past October 16, 2011
- Law professor says R.I. has “roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants.” October 11, 2011
- Head of Rhode Islanders for Immigration Law Enforcement says federal law prohibits granting in-state tuition to undocumented students October 2, 2011
Latest Stories by Lynn Arditi
- 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