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Red State debate top PolitiFact Rhode Island item in March

April 1, 2014

What piqued the interest of PolitiFact Rhode Island readers last month? According to our website data, they were interested in whether the poorest states are Red states, if today's young adults are fit for military service, and the degree to which cancer-causing chemicals are present in marijuana smoke.

Top 5 fact-checks for March

April 1, 2014

PolitiFact Florida looked at Rick Scott’s State of the State address, medical marijuana, state funding for the environment, the Common Core educational standards and Medicare.

PunditFact Madness Final 4

April 1, 2014

Just four pundits remain in our first-ever bracket challenge. Vote for your favorites now.

PolitiFact’s Top 5 fact-checks for March

April 1, 2014

Our most popular checks were about presidential power, presidential vacations, the health care law and dinosaurs.

The High Five for March: jobs, guns, poverty

March 31, 2014

Readers flocked to items that sought to settle the facts and shed light on Wisconsin's employment picture, Rep. Paul Ryan's comments on poverty, Senator Ron Johnson's take on gun-control and the state of the state budget.

PunditFact fact-checks the March 30 news shows

March 30, 2014

PunditFact checked claims about the U.S. manufacturing industry and a report about the New Jersey bridge scandal.

Fact-checking the March 30 Sunday shows

March 30, 2014

Rudy Giuliani appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" to defend New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. 

March 30 shows take on NSA reforms, Obamacare and Ukraine

March 28, 2014

Will Congress pick up on Obama's plan to put the brakes on NSA metadata warehousing? Sunday talkers chew on that, along with Obamacare and next steps in the tug-of-war with Russia over Ukraine.

Highlights from the week in fact-checking, March 28

March 28, 2014

We fact-checked claims on education and health care this week.

Texas Truth-O-Meter: Kesha Rogers is a Democrat

March 28, 2014

Kesha Rogers is not a Democrat, according to the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party. We concluded otherwise.

Mobile Truth-O-Meter, 99 cents till Tuesday

March 27, 2014

When March ends, so does your chance to save a buck on our app for your tablet or phone. It’s now just 99 cents on iTunesAmazon and Google Play.

Texas margaritas, Capitol-style

March 26, 2014

A Republican primary was salted by a claim that Stefani Carter spent campaign money providing margaritas in the Texas Capitol.

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