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Statehouse bureau chief, The Plain Dealer

Robert Higgs is the Columbus bureau chief for (Cleveland) The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper. He joined the newspaper in 1995 and has held a variety of editing positions, both with the paper's print staff and its online operation. Prior to becoming bureau chief, he was the editor of PolitiFact Ohio. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University and a juris doctorate from the University of Akron.

Featured Statements

Michael Turner
stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release:

Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."

By Stephen Koff • September 24, 2013
Jim Jordan
stated on August 8, 2013 in a news release:

Says Obama "exempted Congress and their staff from the full effect of the (health care) law."

By Sabrina Eaton • September 5, 2013
Mary Taylor
stated on August 3, 2013 in an email:

"Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year."

By Robert Higgs • August 9, 2013
Kris Jordan
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor :

Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio

By Robert Higgs • June 27, 2013
Keith Faber
stated on May 21, 2013 in remarks at a General Assembly session:

"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."

By Robert Higgs • June 5, 2013
Mike Foley
stated on April 23, 2013 in news release:

Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.

By Robert Higgs • May 13, 2013
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 in a television interview:

"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."

By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
Joseph Testa
stated on February 4, 2013 in a news conference:

"About two-thirds of all consumption is services. . . It was just the opposite" when the sales tax was enacted in the '30s.

By Robert Higgs • February 27, 2013
Ted Strickland
stated on January 8, 2013 in a news release:

Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."

By Henry J. Gomez • January 24, 2013
Mike Polensek
stated on January 15, 2013 in a television interview:

"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."

By Tom Feran • January 23, 2013

PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner

By Bill Adair • November 20, 2012
Has 'In God We Trust' been taken off U.S. coins?

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2012
A scorecard on President Obama's campaign promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2012
Checking Romney's claim on 'you didn't build that'

By Robert Higgs • July 31, 2012
PolitiFact Ohio marks two years of the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Feran • July 29, 2012
Debunking claims about a new home sales tax

By Robert Higgs • July 26, 2012
Rating Romney's claim on Finnish auto stimulus

By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2012
Blazing the way on health care reform claims

By Tom Feran • June 28, 2012
Americans for Prosperity's traffic light claim

By Becky Bowers • May 9, 2012
Americans for Prosperity cites stimulus for Finland

By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012