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Janie Har is a reporter who covers politics for The Oregonian.

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Oregon 2014
stated on September 17, 2013 in online campaign materials:

"In fiscal year 2011-2012, 4,191 abortions were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan."

By Janie Har • September 24, 2013
Doug Whitsett
stated on August 16, 2013 in a guest column:

"Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent."

By Janie Har • September 7, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
stated on August 23, 2013 in a forum :

"The city of Portland has won more national Constitution contests than any city in America."

By Janie Har • September 3, 2013
Jim Francesconi
stated on August 7, 2013 in a guest column:

Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.

By Janie Har • August 31, 2013
Jeff Merkley
stated on July 11, 2013 in an opinion article:

Says "in Oregon today, the average debt upon college graduation is more than $24,000."

By Yuxing Zheng • August 10, 2013
Ellen Rosenblum
stated on August 3, 2013 in an opinion article:

Says "nearly 29,000 Oregonians — almost 5 percent of all homeowners — are 90 days or more delinquent on their mortgage."

By Ian K. Kullgren • August 9, 2013
Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
stated on June 26, 2013 in an interview:

Portland Bureau of Transportation "barely break(s) even" ticketing motorists.

By Janie Har • July 20, 2013
Jeff Kruse
stated on July 8, 2013 in a Senate floor speech:

Says that in Curry County, "if you make a 911 call you’re likely to wait for an hour for a response."

By Janie Har • July 13, 2013
Jason Conger
stated on June 19, 2013 in a House floor speech:

Says "the mandate is 71 times that a child’s body will be injected with a disease" for immunizations.

By Janie Har • June 29, 2013
Amalgamated Transit Union
stated on June 13, 2013 in a newspaper ad:

Says TriMet spends "$10.3 million in police contracts" a year for 56 transit police who must respond to non-transit calls

By Janie Har • June 22, 2013

Top 16 myths about the health care law

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 25, 2013
Top 16 myths about the health care law

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2013
When the Truth-O-Meter combusts

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 1, 2013
'It's on page 107 of the health care bill!'

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2013
Fact-checking more claims about the sequester

By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2013
Fact-checking more claims about the sequester

By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2013
PolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012

By Bill Adair • December 26, 2012
Fact-checks of Christmases past

By Becky Bowers • December 24, 2012
Top 5 falsehoods about the Bush tax cuts

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 23, 2010
The 2010 e-mail Hall of Shame, election edition

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 1, 2010