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Numbers went up. Why is less clear.

Lincoln Chafee

"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, February 2nd, 2014

One did, and he ignores sponsored amendments

Ian Prior

"Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee stage."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Thursday, January 30th, 2014

Separate payment required -- by the feds

Barth Bracy

Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013

Bond rating veils full story

American LeadHERship PAC

Under Mayor Angel Taveras "Providence’s bond rating was downgraded from A to BBB, two steps above junk-bond status."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, September 15th, 2013

Near last in N.E., but not in U.S.

Frank Annunziato

Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Saturday, September 7th, 2013

Flat at record highs

Steve Goreham

"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, August 25th, 2013

Try seven, not two

James Vincent

Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, August 11th, 2013

99.9 percent of the ice sheet still there

Brian Schatz

"For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Monday, August 5th, 2013

Not "much," not "many."

Al Gore

The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Monday, July 22nd, 2013

"Don't know" or "Don't care" weren't options

Raymond Gallison

"Seventy-four percent of Rhode Islanders support [a] national popular vote [for president] because they, as I, believe in one person-one vote."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, June 30th, 2013

Facts fuzzy on fund fees

Frank Caprio

Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Not just for schools

Joee Lindbeck

"Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department" about residents in the state's sex offender registry.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, May 12th, 2013

A question of degree(s)

Sheldon Whitehouse

"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, April 28th, 2013

Police can seize handguns, not rifles

Linda Finn

Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Not that simple

Gina Raimondo

"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Thursday, April 18th, 2013

False for second test, it may become true for third

Eva Marie Mancuso

When the NECAP proficiency test is re-given to the kids the second and third time, harder questions are taken out.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, April 14th, 2013

Local gun culture might be one key

Facebook posts

"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

EDC is out of its own loop

Jim Taricani

"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Monday, April 8th, 2013

Overstate’s tiny park’s economic impact

Jack Reed

"Even Roger Williams National Memorial in my home state of Rhode Island attracted nearly 51,000 visitors in 2011, with non local visitors adding more than $3.2 million to the local economy."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Split vote

Robert Kando

Rhode Island is the last state still using the Optech III P voting machines and they don’t meet suggested federal standards.

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Saturday, March 16th, 2013