Fact-check: Gov’s claim that Dems solely caused budget crisis woefully lacking
Republican governors — in charge of Illinois from 1977-2003, also had a big role in putting the state in a financial quagmire.
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Fact-check: Lightfoot taxes facts with claim Chicagoans among most taxed in U.S.
It’s common practice for office seekers to complain with a broad brush about tax burdens. But such sweeping statements often oversimplify the issue.
Fact-check: Mendoza off in claim of last-minute reprieve for death penalty ban
Even with Mendoza’s support, however, the initial House vote on the measure was 59 to 58, one short of the 60-vote majority needed for passage.
Fact-check: Peeling back Vallas’ swipe at Mendoza’s city sticker record
A Vallas spokesman followed up later to explain the statement his candidate had characterized as “pretty clear” needed some clarification.
Fact-check: What we’re watching as Chicago mayor’s race heats up
The issues that have defined the contest so far, including gun violence, pension debt and public education, will remain important throughout the race.
Fact-check: Pritzker and Rauner both fact-challenged candidates for governor
We decided to recap some of our fact-checks over the past many months in the marquee race on the Illinois ballot.
Fact-check: Sean Casten tax claim taxed by facts
Casten also leveled a claim that left us puzzled. It involved the tax law, which Roskam accused the Democrat of misrepresenting.
Fact-check: Roskam fibs about facts – and fact checks – of health care record
Did fact checkers at the Washington Post side with Roskam? And has Roskam always championed those pre-existing protections, as he claimed? No and no.
Fact-check: AG Jeff Sessions wrong on Chicago murder spike cause
The attorney general again blames a 2016 surge in gun-related murders on an agreement between the city and the ACLU to rein in police stops. But other
Fact-check: What’s really inside Rauner, Pritzker tax returns
Illinois’ two deep-pocketed candidates recently presented voters with another fig leaf of transparency about the taxes they pay.
Fact-check: Rauner, Pritzker threw ‘lots of heat, little light’ at Sun-Times
Much of what transpired at the Sun-Times, as well as other debates featuring the pair, has a Groundhog Day feel with voters left to wonder the truth.
Fact-check: Rauner ‘puppet’ ad strings viewer along on property tax history
Property tax levies are set at the local level, not by lawmakers in Springfield. That makes the main beat of Rauner’s contention a head-scratcher.
Fact-check: Did Rauner alone delay school funding, cause property tax hikes?
A new ad blames the governor for Illinois going 736 days without a budget, delaying school funding and causing tax hikes. True? Here’s our ruling.
Fact-check: Slow down, Bruce Rauner — Pritzker is not planning new ‘mileage tax’
Rauner is quick to point out that J.B. Pritzker wants to put tracking devices on your car in order to tax your mileage. Not so fast, governor.
Fact-check: AG candidate Raoul makes false claim about foe’s gay adoption stand
Would Republican attorney general candidate Erika Harold oppose gay adoption, as her Dem opponent Kwame Raoul claims? We find his argument flimsy.
