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Fact-Check: Rx Needed for Roskam’s Portrayal of Foe’s Healthcare Stand

In an attack on challenger Sean Casten’s health care position, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam distorts the Democrat’s policy stance and attempts to blame Casten for the impact of policies Roskam has supported.
August 12, 2018
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Fact-Check: Giuliani Says There Were 63 Murders in Chicago Over the Weekend. That’s Five Times the Actual Count.

In criticizing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s violence-prevention record, President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani flubs his numbers.
August 6, 2018
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Fact-Check: Pritzker Called Illinois’ Workforce the Nation’s Most Educated. He’s Wrong.

In praising the state for its ability to attract business, Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker stretches the truth about the educational accomplishments of Illinois’ workforce.
August 5, 2018
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Fact-Check: No, Chicago’s Pre-K Program Is Not in Decline

Overall preschool enrollment has dipped under Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But that’s an incomplete measure of the city’s program, which has increased more in-demand, full-day opportunities substantially since he took office.
July 29, 2018
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Rauner, Pritzker Shun Transparency Even When It Might Help

In refusing to release comprehensive tax information, wealthy rivals forego a possibility of debunking specious attacks about their finances.
July 22, 2018
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Fact-Check: Was Rauner’s First Term a Dry Spell for Jobs? No.

Pritzker's running mate Stratton says employment flatlined under Rauner. But federal jobs data—and her campaign’s own response—tell a different story.
July 16, 2018
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Fact-Check: Emanuel Wrong Again on Chicago Jobs

The mayor’s latest claim about Chicago’s workforce holds up no better to the facts than a similar one he made early this year. Not surprisingly, there were more workers and jobs in the city decades ago when the population was much greater.
July 9, 2018
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Fact-Check: Illinois Lite Guv Calls Progressive Tax Idea Regressive

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s running mate claims a push by Democrats to replace Illinois’ flat-rate income tax with progressive rates that charge higher earners more would be the opposite of progressive and lead to higher taxes.
July 2, 2018
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Fact-Check: Did Rauner Really Pour $1 Billion ‘Down the Drain’?

Illinois has racked up a mountain of interest penalties for paying bills late after a record budget impasse. The Democrat hoping to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner says it’s all the Republican’s fault, but the facts tell a more complicated story.
June 25, 2018
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Fact-Check: Is CPS the Most Understaffed District in Illinois?

The nation’s third-largest school district comes up short on staffing compared to the rest of the state, a fact that undercuts prevailing assumptions about bureaucratic bloat and raises questions about how district funds are being spent.
June 21, 2018