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Fact Check: Alexi Giannoulias is creating an audit system to ensure police departments don’t run afoul of a 2023 law banning the distribution of license-plate data to track women seeking abortions or to find undocumented immigrants.
# Fact Check: Alexi Giannoulias is creating an audit system to ensure police departments don’t run afoul of a 2023 law banning the distribution of license-plate data to track women seeking abortions o...
Fact Check: The Illinois secretary of state on Thursday asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department after learning that it violated state law by sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion.
# Fact Check: Illinois Secretary of State Investigates Police Department for Sharing License Plate Data ## What We Know On October 12, 2023, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced an...
Fact Check: In a May 21 audio recording obtained by the AP, Provost Robin Forman said that when Tulane leadership met with elected officials in April, they were pressed as to why 'Tulane has taken a stand on the chemical industry as harming communities.'
# Fact Check: "In a May 21 audio recording obtained by the AP, Provost Robin Forman said that when Tulane leadership met with elected officials in April, they were pressed as to why 'Tulane has taken ...
Fact Check: The agency, which accredits Tulane, did not comment.
# Fact Check: "The agency, which accredits Tulane, did not comment." ## What We Know Tulane University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCO...
Fact Check: Emails from May show that Burke denied requests from Terrell to make comments in response to various media requests.
# Fact Check: "Emails from May show that Burke denied requests from Terrell to make comments in response to various media requests." ## What We Know The claim revolves around emails allegedly exchang...
Fact Check: Brown won his first Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
# Fact Check: "Brown won his first Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers." ## What We Know Antonio Brown, a prominent wide receiver in the NFL, played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 2020 ...
Fact Check: The clinic represents communities fighting the petrochemical industry in court.
# Fact Check: "The clinic represents communities fighting the petrochemical industry in court." ## What We Know The claim that "the clinic represents communities fighting the petrochemical industry i...
Fact Check: He walked off the field in the middle of a game in 2021, effectively ending his career in Tampa and the NFL.
# Fact Check: "He walked off the field in the middle of a game in 2021, effectively ending his career in Tampa and the NFL." ## What We Know On January 2, 2022, during a game against the New York Jet...
Fact Check: In April, Terrell published research showing that Black people received significantly less jobs in the petrochemical industry than white people in Louisiana despite having similar levels of training and education.
# Fact Check: "In April, Terrell published research showing that Black people received significantly less jobs in the petrochemical industry than white people in Louisiana despite having similar level...