
Posts tagged with PolitiFact Pennsylvania


Controversial healthcare ad: Did Barletta vote to ‘strip coverage’ for pre-existing conditions?

Is Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate 20 percent higher than the national average? Not anymore.
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Lt. gov. hopeful Jeff Bartos says the death penalty is a deterrent. Researchers disagree.

No, Lou Barletta’s city wasn’t half-Latino when he was reelected mayor

Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins’ posters on prisons and police shootings

President Trump said Eagles players kneeled for the anthem. They didn’t.

Pennsylvanians would only pay for a fraction of Gov. Tom Wolf’s severance tax

Rep. Lou Barletta says Sen. Bob Casey wants to ‘eliminate our borders.’ He doesn’t.

The truth behind a GOP gov. hopeful’s Wolf nickname: ‘Thomas the Tax Engine’

What’s missing from Amtrak’s claim that we rely ‘more than ever’ on trains

Is Philly’s sanctuary city status putting residents in danger?

Donald Trump falsely tells GOP Philly homicides are ‘terribly increasing’

Trump’s education pick donated to Philly group with controversial campus rape stance

Did word of Trump’s inauguration concert cause a Jackie Evancho sales surge?

Did major crimes drop in Philly compared to other cities in 2016?

Fake news alert! Sorry, a Pennsylvania judge didn’t overturn Donald Trump’s presidential election
