PolitiFact New Jersey Reporter
Erin O'Neill is a reporter for The Star-Ledger.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Erin O'Neill
Says Jon Runyan voted to "end programs to aid homeless veterans."
Says New Jersey’s prison system is "61 percent African-American even though our state is just 13 percent black."
Says President Barack Obama’s finance team is recommending a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
Says in March New Jersey was "one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs" and "the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation."
"We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate."
Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "would effectively double the interest paid out on existing and future student loans."
Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked."
Says George Norcross said the "TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$."
Says "$57,000 is the mean [income] in our state" for a family.
"If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax."
Recent stories from Erin O'Neill
Obama announces support for gay marriageWith the president's announcement, PolitiFact New Jersey revisits fact checks on gay marriage
Republicans, Democrats hope to break with 40 years of election historyNew Jersey voters haven't sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate or a Democratic woman to the House of Representatives in nearly four decades.
Who to blame for the price at the pump? Tough to saySummer is coming, the general election is cranking up and that means the price of gas will be talked about. A lot. Find out why explaining it -- and figuring out who to blame for it -- isn't so simple.
Who to blame for the price at the pump? Tough to saySummer is coming, the general election is cranking up and that means the price of gas will be talked about. A lot. Find out why explaining it -- and figuring out who to blame for it -- isn't so simple.
Critic takes aim at ruling on minimum wage and povertyA Washington, D.C.-based research fellow claims PolitiFact New Jersey's True rating for state assemblyman's claim is faulty.
Chris Christie rehashes old facts in budget speechWhile unveiling his spending plan proposal for the next fiscal year, Gov. Christie repeated a few claims PolitiFact New Jersey previously put to the Truth-O-Meter.
Readers criticize ruling on graduation rates of Rutgers University's football teamPolitiFact New Jersey handed Gov. Chris Christie a False for saying that under coach Greg Schiano, "Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America."
Christie’s record framed by opposing story lines from political advocacy groupsPolitiFact New Jersey revisits claims from two groups working behind the scenes to either promote or diminish the governor's record
On ‘Meet the Press,’ Chris Christie talks national politics, state financesThe Republican governor repeats claims we've previously put to the Truth-O-Meter, including statements about Newt Gingrich and tax hikes by New Jersey Democrats.
Chris Christie dredges up old claims in annual speechPolitiFact New Jersey reviews a few claims Gov. Chris Christie made during his State of the State address that we've previously tested on the Truth-O-Meter.
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