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CBS News: Big Spenders on Capitol Hill Got Big Tax Breaks

U.S. PIRG Close Corporate Tax Loopholes CBS News Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Sharyl Attkisson As the economy tanked, some Fortune 500 firms raked in huge profits, all while benefiting from government...

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The Economist: You’re on film: The trouble with outsourcing traffic-law...

U.S. PIRG The Economist Saturday, January 21, 2012 Phineas Baxandall at the US Public Interest Research Group, a non-partisan advocacy, says the trend toward privatising the enforcement of traffic...

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The Daily Show mentions U.S.PIRG Report: Representation Without Taxation

U.S. PIRG Education Fund Campaign Finance Reform The Daily Show Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren and Jon Stewart discussed U.S. PIRG and Citizens for Tax...

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KPBS Public Broadcasting: Concern Raised About Calif. Nuke Plants And Water...

CALPIRG KPBS Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Ed Joyce The report is from the California Public Interest Research Group or CALPIRG and the Environment California Research and Policy Center. "For nearly 2.3...

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Reuters: Bank Transfer Day saw 600,000 switch

U.S. PIRG Consumer Protection Reuters Friday, January 27, 2012 Mitch Lipka "Moynihan said on the call that the bank had a 20 percent increase in account closings in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared...

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MSNBC: "Auctioning Democracy"

U.S.PIRG Education Fund Campaign Finance Reform MSNBC Thursday, February 9, 2012 Host Chris Jansing and guests Rana Foroohar of Time Magazine, Ben White of Politico, and Richard Lui of MSNBC discuss...

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Pallone calls for regulation of lead, arsenic in apple juices

NJPIRG Ashbury Park Press Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Staff Report Pallone joined with Karina Wilkinson of the Food & Water Watch, Gideon Weissman of the New Jersey Public Interest Research...

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New York Times: Student Loan Interest Rates Loom as Political Battle

U.S. PIRG Affordable Higher Education New York Times Friday, April 20, 2012 Tamar Lewin Rich Williams, the higher education advocate for U.S. Public Interest Research Group, said he thought about 14...

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New York Times: On Campus, New Deals With Banks

U.S. PIRG Affordable Higher Education New York Times Thursday, May 31, 2012 Andrew Martin In a report released on Wednesday, the group, the United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund,...

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NYTimes Editorial: Debit Cards on Campus

U.S. PIRG Consumer Protection New York Times Wednesday, June 20, 2012 According to a study by the United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, an advocacy organization, nearly 900...

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Fox Business: Consumer Watchdog Gives Bite to Dodd-Frank

U.S. PIRG Reining in Wall Street Bankrate.com/FoxBusiness Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Claes Bell [Excerpt] The CFPB has been enormously successful in ramping up over its first year," says Ed Mierzwinski,...

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Fox News: Retirees Losing Benefits Over Student Loan Debt

U.S. PIRG Affordable Higher Education Fox News Monday, August 13, 2012 http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1783681264001/retirees-losing-benefits-over-student-loan-debt/?playlist_id=87185 Related topics...

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New York Times: Secret E-Scores Chart Consumers’ Buying Power

U.S. PIRG Consumer Protection New York Times Saturday, August 18, 2012 Natasha Singer Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director at the United States Public Interest Research Group in Washington,...

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Wall Street Journal: Prepaid Cards Go to School

U.S. PIRG Affordable Higher Education Wall Street Journal Saturday, August 25, 2012 Rachel Louise Ensign For some students, a prepaid card offered through a college may be the fastest way to receive...

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JPMorgan Chase is sued in 2008 Bear Stearns mortgage case

US PIRG Reining in Wall Street Kansas City Star-McClatchy Newspapers Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Kevin G. Hall and Lindsey Wise WASHINGTON -- A civil lawsuit against investment giant JPMorgan Chase,...

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Average student loan debt rises to $26,600 for class of 2011

US PIRG Affordable Higher Education Fox News Thursday, October 18, 2012 Justin Pope, AP It's the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it's another discouraging one: Two-thirds of...

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Passive-Aggressive Birthday Wishes to the Chamber

U.S. PIRG Reclaiming Our Democracy The National Journal Monday, October 22, 2012 Erin Mershon "Happy birthday, corporate shills!" reads the purple frosting atop the giant birthday cake delivered to...

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Los Angeles Times: Target, Rite Aid, Walgreens refill drugs without OK,...

U.S. PIRG Making Health Care Work Los Angeles Times Tuesday, October 23, 2012 David Lazarus If, as it seems, other drugstore chains have quotas for pharmacists and are refilling prescriptions without...

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Can’t fix error in your credit report? Call Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

U.S. PIRG Reining in Wall Street Washington Post Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Michelle Singletary "If you haven’t been successful in getting a credit bureau to address problems with inaccurate...

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Washington Post: Government doing more to prevent corporations from deducting...

U.S. PIRG Close Corporate Tax Loopholes Washington Post Monday, December 31, 2012Danielle DouglasFederal agencies are taking greater steps to prevent companies from claiming tax deductions on...

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