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Fact-checking the first debate between Ed Markey, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate contest By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2026 Fact-checking DeSantis: Would his plan exempt 60% of Florida homeowners from paying property taxes? By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2026 Will Florida’s Supreme Court have to review lawmakers' property tax proposal? Only if someone sues. By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2026 Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments? By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2025 Fact-checking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on insurance rates, education and gun laws By Jeff Cercone • March 5, 2025 Debate vicepresidencial entre Tim Walz y JD Vance: PolitiFact verificó lo que dijeron By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024 Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2024 Donald Trump’s rally spotlighted the Biden, Trump economies. We fact-checked the graphics By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2023 As Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential bid, how has Florida fared economically on his watch? By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023 In Context: What a Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator said about migrant housing By Madison Czopek • September 16, 2022 The CDC’s new eviction moratorium: Is it legal? By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2021 What’s happening with the federal eviction moratorium and rental assistance? By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2021 Yes, the price of plywood is up in the range of 252%, with market factors to blame By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2021 Sacramento Could Be One Of First Cities To Reform Single-Family Zoning. Here’s How It Would Work. By Chris Nichols • February 25, 2021 What’s in Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan? By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2021 Kamala Harris Says She ‘Took On The Big Banks’ As California Atty. General. Did She Go Far Enough? By Chris Nichols • August 25, 2020 Donald Trump’s executive order on evictions, explained By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2020 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2020
