Robert Higgs

Robert Higgs

Statehouse bureau chief, The Plain Dealer

Robert Higgs is the Columbus bureau chief for (Cleveland) The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper. He joined the newspaper in 1995 and has held a variety of editing positions, both with the paper's print staff and its online operation. Prior to becoming bureau chief, he was the editor of PolitiFact Ohio. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University and a juris doctorate from the University of Akron.

rhiggs@plaind.com

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Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on August 3, 2013 in an email:
"Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year."
Half-True
By Robert Higgs • August 9, 2013
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor :
Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio
True
By Robert Higgs • June 27, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on May 21, 2013 in remarks at a General Assembly session:
"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."
True
By Robert Higgs • June 5, 2013
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 23, 2013 in news release:
Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • May 13, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 in a television interview:
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
Joseph Testa
Joseph Testa
stated on February 4, 2013 in a news conference:
"About two-thirds of all consumption is services. . . It was just the opposite" when the sales tax was enacted in the '30s.
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • February 27, 2013
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on October 18, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
On privatization of Social Security.
Full Flop
By Robert Higgs, Sabrina Eaton • October 19, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 25, 2010 in a posting on Facebook:
Says a "Pro-Stimulus economist admits it is not working … "
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Higgs • September 16, 2010
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on September 1, 2010 in a statement on his campaign website:
"Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office"  
Mostly False
By Robert Higgs • September 8, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 16, 2010 in a video posted online:
"The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • September 1, 2010
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