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Karen Lee Ziner is a reporter at The Providence Journal.

Featured Statements

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview:

Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 12, 2014
Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 in a TV debate:

"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 7, 2014 in a campaign ad:

"Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs."

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 21, 2014
Ralph Mollis
stated on August 10, 2014 in a TV debate:

"The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 7, 2014
Kenneth Block
stated on July 15, 2014 in a radio debate:

"The increase in the garbage tax that [Mayor Allan Fung] imposed in Cranston for some people has been as much as $200."

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 27, 2014
Brett Smiley
stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign brochure:

There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island."

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 20, 2014
Angel Taveras
stated on July 25, 2014 in a campaign video:

"Providence graduation rates are up."

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 16, 2014
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 27, 2014 in a newspaper commentary:

"There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 6, 2014
Clay Pell
stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website:

"Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."

By Karen Lee Ziner • June 1, 2014
Robert Malin
stated on April 20, 2014 in a TV interview:

"Fifty percent of Americans will go hungry at some time in their lives."

By Karen Lee Ziner • May 18, 2014