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Tim Murphy, PolitiFact Rhode Island editor, has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Connecticut and Rhode Island for nearly four decades. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, he started at The Journal as a reporter in 1983 and has held several positions, including Sunday editor, city editor and, most recently, assistant managing editor for public policy.

Featured Statements

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 in a television interview:

"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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 in a commentary:

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

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 22, 2015
Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"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."

By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015
Nancy Denuccio
stated on March 6, 2015 in a TV interview:

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

By Katie Mulvaney • March 13, 2015
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 in a news conference:

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

By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015
Steven Frias
stated on February 24, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

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

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2015
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 in a newspaper column:

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

By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 in a presentation:

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

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015
James Skeffington
stated on February 10, 2015 in a radio interview:

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

By Katie Mulvaney • February 26, 2015
Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 in testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee:

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

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015