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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.
Jan 29, 2018 5:55 PM
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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.
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 AM
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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.
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 AM
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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?
Jan 16, 2018 6:00 AM
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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.
Dec 29, 2017 6:00 AM
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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.
Dec 14, 2017 6:00 AM
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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.
Dec 12, 2017 8:00 AM
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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.
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 AM
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Fact Check: Do Pritzker and Kennedy Have a Tax Transparency Gap?

Neither Pritzker, Kennedy nor Rauner have been willing to share more than 1040 forms, thus hiding the meat of their tax returns.
Dec 4, 2017 6:00 AM
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Will Pritzker/Kennedy Reveal More About Their Taxes Than Rauner? Apparently Not

How substantial will J.B. Pritzker and Chris Kennedy's financial disclosures really be?
Updated: Nov 28, 2017 @ 10:10 AM

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Fact Check: How Hands Off Has Rauner Been With His Investments?

Fact Check: Rauner GOP Foe Says She Shares Obama’s View On Gun Violence

Fact Check | Chicago’s Private-sector Employment: Really the Highest in City History?

Fact Check: Rauner Says Legionella Is In Most Of Illinois. But To What Extent?

Fact Check: Joe Berrios' Attack Ad Ignores Key Facts

Fact Check: Are Rauner's Democrat Opponents Promising A 'Massive Income Tax Hike'?

Politifact's 2017 Lie of the Year

Fact Check: Pritzker Says He's Released "Way More" Tax Info Than Rauner

Fact Check: Do Pritzker and Kennedy Have a Tax Transparency Gap?

Will Pritzker/Kennedy Reveal More About Their Taxes Than Rauner? Apparently Not