Kennedy has made both Chicago affordability and holding candidates to higher standards cornerstones of his campaign. How well does he pass his own test?
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Fact Check: Rauner’s Dubious Balanced Budget Claims … Again
Rauner remains persistent in arguing that his past budgets were all balanced, despite broad and convincing evidence to the contrary.
Fact Check: How Hands Off Has Rauner Been With His Investments?
Details contained in a lawsuit brought against Gov. Bruce Rauner by a former business associate have called into further question the governor’s insistence that he no longer plays a role in his business investments.
Fact Check: Rauner GOP Foe Says She Shares Obama’s View On Gun Violence
In his 2008 speech, Obama drew a link between children from fatherless homes and those who stray into crime. But Ives took it a lot further than Obama ever did.
Fact Check | Chicago’s Private-sector Employment: Really the Highest in City History?
The mayor’s claim is refuted by a broad array of jobs data which show Chicago was once a much bigger city with many more residents employed and many more jobs within the city limits.
Fact Check: Rauner Says Legionella Is In Most Of Illinois. But To What Extent?
Bruce Rauner says news reports fail to explain that the source of Legionnaires’ disease, which broke out at a state-run veterans’ home in 2015, is basically everywhere. But to what extent?
Fact Check: Joe Berrios’ Attack Ad Ignores Key Facts
We took a look to see if private prisons were in the portfolio on the watch of Joseph Berrios’ primary challenger.
Fact Check: Are Rauner’s Democrat Opponents Promising A ‘Massive Income Tax Hike’?
Gov. Bruce Rauner says his top Democratic opponents’ support for a progressive income tax means a “massive” tax hike on the middle class. It doesn’t.
Politifact’s 2017 Lie of the Year
PolitiFact National names Trump’s claim that the Russia interference is a hoax as its Lie of the Year for 2017.
Fact Check: Pritzker Says He’s Released “Way More” Tax Info Than Rauner
Pritzker’s three years’ worth of 1040 state and federal cover sheets are identical to the sort of disclosure Rauner released as a candidate four years ago and what he has issued each year since.
