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Alex Kuffner has been a staff writer for the Providence Journal since 2000 and has most recently written about energy and the environment. He has a bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies and a master’s degree in journalism, both from Columbia University.

Featured Statements

Friends of India Point Park
stated on October 31, 2014 in a web site:

"Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."

By Alex Kuffner • November 16, 2014
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 in a TV debate:

"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."

By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 in a TV commercial:

Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."

By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
John Carlevale
stated on October 19, 2014 in a TV debate:

Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly "went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted."

By Alex Kuffner • October 26, 2014
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
stated on October 8, 2014 in in a mailer:

"Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"

By Alex Kuffner • October 19, 2014
The Rhode Island Catholic
stated on October 2, 2014 in a newspaper editorial:

Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.

By Alex Kuffner • October 17, 2014
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate:

"In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence."

By Alex Kuffner • October 6, 2014
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 30, 2014 in a TV debate:

"[When I was mayor] Providence was one of the five renaissance cities of America, according to USA Today in those days. Money magazine said it was the fifth best city to live in in America. In addition to that, All Cities Almanac said in 1994, I believe, that it was the safest city in America."

By Alex Kuffner • October 2, 2014
Jorge Elorza
stated on August 28, 2014 in a radio debate:

"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses."

By Alex Kuffner • October 1, 2014
Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 in a TV interview:

"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."

By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014

Before you vote, check our candidate ratings

By Tim Murphy • November 2, 2014
Truth be told, PolitiFact Rhode Island turns 3!

By Tim Murphy • July 5, 2013
Super Bowl legends explored and exposed

By Alex Kuffner • February 5, 2012