PolitiFactFact-checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s statement that Pa. is the only state without a natural gas severance taxAmong the 34 states that produce oil or natural gas, Pennsylvania is the only one that doesn’t tax the extracted resources.Jessica Calefati Fact-checking impeachment trial claims by the Philly-area lawyers who played big rolesJessica Calefati What to know about Scott Perry, Trump’s election plot, and Section 3 of the 14th AmendmentJessica Calefati Fact-checking Toomey’s claim that families with ‘six-figure incomes’ would get thousands from Biden relief plan | PolitiFactJessica Calefati Fact-checking a top Pa. Republican who said false election claims didn’t play ‘any role’ in the Capitol attackJessica Calefati AdvertisementFact-checking Trump’s false claims about Pa.’s election before his supporters attacked the CapitolTrump spent several minutes rattling off a slew of false claims about Pennsylvania’s election. Here are the facts.Jonathan Lai Toomey claimed Wolf is ‘closing down businesses again.’ Is that true? | Fact-checkPennsylvania shuttered many businesses earlier this month, and seven other states have imposed similarly sweeping restrictions.Jessica Calefati Fact-checking false claims about Pennsylvania’s presidential election by Trump and his alliesPresident Donald Trump’s relentless and false attacks on the results in Pennsylvania as the product of widespread fraud are completely disconnected from reality.Jessica Calefati Will Eagles, Steelers players wear masks during games? They don’t have to.Under Pennsylvania's new statewide order, players must wear masks on the sidelines but not under their helmets at the line of scrimmage. Doing so could dangerously restrict their breathing.Jessica Calefati No, George Soros wasn’t arrested in Philadelphia for ‘election interference’ | PolitiFactDespite reports, the 90-year-old billionaire philanthropist and Democratic campaign contributor was not arrested in Philadelphia.Samantha Putterman Trump says Philly Democrats stole an election in the ’90s. Is that true? Nothing like what happened nearly three decades ago occurred during the 2020 election in Philadelphia or anywhere else.Jessica Calefati Fact-checking a Trump campaign tweet that Pa. mail ballots arriving after Election Day won’t countGuidance from the Pennsylvania Department of State says ballots that arrive after 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 will be processed differently. Nowhere does the guidance say those ballots won't be counted at all.Jessica Calefati Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden said he would ‘abolish the oil industry’ | PolitiFactTrump’s characterization of Biden’s position is vastly oversimplified, and he’s suggesting Biden doubled down on a stance he never took in the first place.Jessica Calefati Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Pa. ‘never opened’ after coronavirus closures | PolitiFactDay-to-day life in Pennsylvania hasn’t returned to normal. But the state’s schools and businesses aren’t uniformly shuttered like they were in the spring.Jessica Calefati No, the boilermakers union didn’t endorse Joe Biden | PolitiFactBiden hasn’t been endorsed by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers or Local 154, the Pittsburgh-area chapter mentioned at last week's town hall in Philadelphia.Jessica Calefati Fact-checking Trump’s claim in Pa. that he’s ‘putting our great coal miners back to work’ | PolitiFactTrump stabilized the mining industry after years of losses under Obama. But then the pandemic began, and the subsequent recession turbocharged the hobbled industry’s decline.Jessica Calefati Don’t believe election misinformation about ‘shredded’ Pa. ballot applications for TrumpClips of a video inside the back of a tractor-trailer are being falsely used on social media to stoke a fear that people are trying to rig the election against President Donald Trump.Aaron Sharockman, PolitiFact Fact-checking the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala HarrisPlexiglass partitions didn’t stop the vice presidential candidates from clashing over the coronavirus, taxes, China, health care, and climate change.PolitiFact Staff Fact-checking Trump’s comment that poll watchers were ‘thrown out’ of Philly polling places | PolitiFactUnder state law, poll watchers in Pennsylvania may only observe voting at traditional polling places on Election Day, and they must be certified by the state to do so.Jessica Calefati Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden would ‘immediately’ eliminate fracking and mining in Pa. | PolitiFactTrump is right that Biden wants to shift toward clean energy, but he’s got the timeline wrong. Biden wants the country to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels over the next 15 years, not right away.Jessica Calefati See more storiesAdvertisement
Fact-checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s statement that Pa. is the only state without a natural gas severance taxAmong the 34 states that produce oil or natural gas, Pennsylvania is the only one that doesn’t tax the extracted resources.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s statement that Pa. is the only state without a natural gas severance taxAmong the 34 states that produce oil or natural gas, Pennsylvania is the only one that doesn’t tax the extracted resources.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking impeachment trial claims by the Philly-area lawyers who played big rolesJessica Calefati
Fact-checking impeachment trial claims by the Philly-area lawyers who played big rolesJessica Calefati
What to know about Scott Perry, Trump’s election plot, and Section 3 of the 14th AmendmentJessica Calefati
What to know about Scott Perry, Trump’s election plot, and Section 3 of the 14th AmendmentJessica Calefati
Fact-checking Toomey’s claim that families with ‘six-figure incomes’ would get thousands from Biden relief plan | PolitiFactJessica Calefati
Fact-checking Toomey’s claim that families with ‘six-figure incomes’ would get thousands from Biden relief plan | PolitiFactJessica Calefati
Fact-checking a top Pa. Republican who said false election claims didn’t play ‘any role’ in the Capitol attackJessica Calefati
Fact-checking a top Pa. Republican who said false election claims didn’t play ‘any role’ in the Capitol attackJessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s false claims about Pa.’s election before his supporters attacked the CapitolTrump spent several minutes rattling off a slew of false claims about Pennsylvania’s election. Here are the facts.Jonathan Lai
Fact-checking Trump’s false claims about Pa.’s election before his supporters attacked the CapitolTrump spent several minutes rattling off a slew of false claims about Pennsylvania’s election. Here are the facts.Jonathan Lai
Toomey claimed Wolf is ‘closing down businesses again.’ Is that true? | Fact-checkPennsylvania shuttered many businesses earlier this month, and seven other states have imposed similarly sweeping restrictions.Jessica Calefati
Toomey claimed Wolf is ‘closing down businesses again.’ Is that true? | Fact-checkPennsylvania shuttered many businesses earlier this month, and seven other states have imposed similarly sweeping restrictions.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking false claims about Pennsylvania’s presidential election by Trump and his alliesPresident Donald Trump’s relentless and false attacks on the results in Pennsylvania as the product of widespread fraud are completely disconnected from reality.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking false claims about Pennsylvania’s presidential election by Trump and his alliesPresident Donald Trump’s relentless and false attacks on the results in Pennsylvania as the product of widespread fraud are completely disconnected from reality.Jessica Calefati
Will Eagles, Steelers players wear masks during games? They don’t have to.Under Pennsylvania's new statewide order, players must wear masks on the sidelines but not under their helmets at the line of scrimmage. Doing so could dangerously restrict their breathing.Jessica Calefati
Will Eagles, Steelers players wear masks during games? They don’t have to.Under Pennsylvania's new statewide order, players must wear masks on the sidelines but not under their helmets at the line of scrimmage. Doing so could dangerously restrict their breathing.Jessica Calefati
No, George Soros wasn’t arrested in Philadelphia for ‘election interference’ | PolitiFactDespite reports, the 90-year-old billionaire philanthropist and Democratic campaign contributor was not arrested in Philadelphia.Samantha Putterman
No, George Soros wasn’t arrested in Philadelphia for ‘election interference’ | PolitiFactDespite reports, the 90-year-old billionaire philanthropist and Democratic campaign contributor was not arrested in Philadelphia.Samantha Putterman
Trump says Philly Democrats stole an election in the ’90s. Is that true? Nothing like what happened nearly three decades ago occurred during the 2020 election in Philadelphia or anywhere else.Jessica Calefati
Trump says Philly Democrats stole an election in the ’90s. Is that true? Nothing like what happened nearly three decades ago occurred during the 2020 election in Philadelphia or anywhere else.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking a Trump campaign tweet that Pa. mail ballots arriving after Election Day won’t countGuidance from the Pennsylvania Department of State says ballots that arrive after 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 will be processed differently. Nowhere does the guidance say those ballots won't be counted at all.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking a Trump campaign tweet that Pa. mail ballots arriving after Election Day won’t countGuidance from the Pennsylvania Department of State says ballots that arrive after 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 will be processed differently. Nowhere does the guidance say those ballots won't be counted at all.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden said he would ‘abolish the oil industry’ | PolitiFactTrump’s characterization of Biden’s position is vastly oversimplified, and he’s suggesting Biden doubled down on a stance he never took in the first place.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden said he would ‘abolish the oil industry’ | PolitiFactTrump’s characterization of Biden’s position is vastly oversimplified, and he’s suggesting Biden doubled down on a stance he never took in the first place.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Pa. ‘never opened’ after coronavirus closures | PolitiFactDay-to-day life in Pennsylvania hasn’t returned to normal. But the state’s schools and businesses aren’t uniformly shuttered like they were in the spring.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Pa. ‘never opened’ after coronavirus closures | PolitiFactDay-to-day life in Pennsylvania hasn’t returned to normal. But the state’s schools and businesses aren’t uniformly shuttered like they were in the spring.Jessica Calefati
No, the boilermakers union didn’t endorse Joe Biden | PolitiFactBiden hasn’t been endorsed by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers or Local 154, the Pittsburgh-area chapter mentioned at last week's town hall in Philadelphia.Jessica Calefati
No, the boilermakers union didn’t endorse Joe Biden | PolitiFactBiden hasn’t been endorsed by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers or Local 154, the Pittsburgh-area chapter mentioned at last week's town hall in Philadelphia.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim in Pa. that he’s ‘putting our great coal miners back to work’ | PolitiFactTrump stabilized the mining industry after years of losses under Obama. But then the pandemic began, and the subsequent recession turbocharged the hobbled industry’s decline.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim in Pa. that he’s ‘putting our great coal miners back to work’ | PolitiFactTrump stabilized the mining industry after years of losses under Obama. But then the pandemic began, and the subsequent recession turbocharged the hobbled industry’s decline.Jessica Calefati
Don’t believe election misinformation about ‘shredded’ Pa. ballot applications for TrumpClips of a video inside the back of a tractor-trailer are being falsely used on social media to stoke a fear that people are trying to rig the election against President Donald Trump.Aaron Sharockman, PolitiFact
Don’t believe election misinformation about ‘shredded’ Pa. ballot applications for TrumpClips of a video inside the back of a tractor-trailer are being falsely used on social media to stoke a fear that people are trying to rig the election against President Donald Trump.Aaron Sharockman, PolitiFact
Fact-checking the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala HarrisPlexiglass partitions didn’t stop the vice presidential candidates from clashing over the coronavirus, taxes, China, health care, and climate change.PolitiFact Staff
Fact-checking the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala HarrisPlexiglass partitions didn’t stop the vice presidential candidates from clashing over the coronavirus, taxes, China, health care, and climate change.PolitiFact Staff
Fact-checking Trump’s comment that poll watchers were ‘thrown out’ of Philly polling places | PolitiFactUnder state law, poll watchers in Pennsylvania may only observe voting at traditional polling places on Election Day, and they must be certified by the state to do so.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s comment that poll watchers were ‘thrown out’ of Philly polling places | PolitiFactUnder state law, poll watchers in Pennsylvania may only observe voting at traditional polling places on Election Day, and they must be certified by the state to do so.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden would ‘immediately’ eliminate fracking and mining in Pa. | PolitiFactTrump is right that Biden wants to shift toward clean energy, but he’s got the timeline wrong. Biden wants the country to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels over the next 15 years, not right away.Jessica Calefati
Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden would ‘immediately’ eliminate fracking and mining in Pa. | PolitiFactTrump is right that Biden wants to shift toward clean energy, but he’s got the timeline wrong. Biden wants the country to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels over the next 15 years, not right away.Jessica Calefati
