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John Hill has been a Providence Journal reporter since 1989 and has worked in the South County, Johnston and Blackstone Valley bureaus. He now is a member of the Justice team, covering the state’s prison system.
Before joining The Journal, he worked for the Manchester (Conn.) Journal-Inquirer and in the business news department of the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel.

Featured Statements

Dawson Hodgson
stated on March 27, 2014 in a TV interview:

The Rhode Island Parole Board "never received an objection from the attorney general" to the parole of convicted murder Alfred Brissette.

By John Hill • April 30, 2014
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 3, 2014 in a website statement:

"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."

By John Hill • April 27, 2014
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 in a campaign website:

In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."

By John Hill • April 15, 2014
Allan Fung
stated on March 7, 2014 in a radio interview:

After hiring a campaign manager in 2006, "I got this $100 and something fee ... for hazardous materials."

By John Hill • March 23, 2014
NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 in a news release:

In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.

By John Hill • March 16, 2014
Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV interview:

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

By John Hill • March 10, 2014
Bing West
stated on February 25, 2014 in a radio interview:

Seventy-five percent of the young adults in this country are not mentally or physically fit to serve.

By John Hill • March 2, 2014
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 11, 2014 in a news conference:

Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.

By John Hill • February 22, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
stated on January 27, 2014 in a news release:

Of minimum wage workers in Rhode Island "only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family."

By John Hill • February 14, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 15, 2014 in his state of state speech:

"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."

By John Hill • February 2, 2014

How have the Democratic candidates fared on the Truth-O-Meter?

By Linda Qiu • October 12, 2015
How do Barack Obama's criminal justice claims stack up?

By Linda Qiu • July 16, 2015
Red State debate top PolitiFact Rhode Island item in March

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 1, 2014
Fact-checking U.S. Sen. Whitehouse's claims on climate change

By Tim Murphy • March 11, 2014
Clay Pell's full-time residency in R.I. tough to measure

By John Hill • March 9, 2014
Truth be told, PolitiFact Rhode Island turns 3!

By Tim Murphy • July 5, 2013