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A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015

Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Thursday, April 30th, 2015

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, April 19th, 2015

"In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administration’s position on nuclear disarmament."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, April 12th, 2015

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, March 29th, 2015

"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, March 15th, 2015

"We've seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Friday, March 13th, 2015

"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, March 8th, 2015

"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Saturday, March 7th, 2015

"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Monday, March 2nd, 2015

Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, March 1st, 2015

Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Thursday, February 26th, 2015

Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Monday, February 23rd, 2015

Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, February 22nd, 2015

The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Monday, February 16th, 2015

"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."       

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, February 15th, 2015

"The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Monday, February 9th, 2015

"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, February 8th, 2015

"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, February 1st, 2015