Claim: If Rhode Island raises the meal and beverage tax to 10 percent, it would be the "fourth-highest in the nation."
Fact-check: Providence restaurateur John Elkhay says that if Rhode Island raises the state meal and beverage tax to 10 percent, it would be the fourth-highest in the nation
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Alex Kuffner
Date published: 2012-04-01T00:00:00