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Health Care & Prescription Drugs In the News

California Progress Report - California in the Driver’s Seat for Health Reform	6/17/2010
Healthycal.org - Consumer group suggests robust insurance exchange	6/16/2010
Sacramento Bee - Anthem Uproar Spurs Call for Closer Look at California Rate Filings	5/12/2010
San Francisco Chronicle - Historic leadership	3/24/2010
Sacramento Bee - Insurance rate hikes fan political firestorm	3/02/2010

Transit In the News

National Journal - The View from L.A.: All Aboard	7/19/2010
Los Angeles Times - Riding L.A. mass transit system hard for its flaws	3/23/2010
Santa Monica Daily Press - Santa Monicans spend $8,000 each year on transportation	3/10/2010
Streetsblog LA - Advocates Make the Case for More Federal Funding for Southern California Transit and Bikeways	2/19/2010
KCRA - Report Supports High-Speed Rail Plan	2/10/2010

Identity Theft Prevention In The News

Sacramento Bee - Finding out who sells personal info to junk-mail firms is tough	1/02/2008
KCBS - CALPIRG Releases Report on Identity Theft	1/02/2008
KCRA Sacramento - CALPIRG: Toughen Personal Information Sales	1/02/2008

Consumer Protection In The News

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Financial reform will impact I.E.	7/15/2010
Wall Street Journal - BANK BILL: How Bank Overhaul Will Change Mortgage Shopping	6/25/2010
Huffington Post - Get Toxic Chemicals Off Our Dinner Table	6/02/2010
LA Times - Payday lenders may avoid U.S. oversight	3/11/2010
Los Angeles Times - Consumer protection agency would put teeth in new credit card rules, backers say	2/23/2010

Affordable Higher Education In The News

The Daily Californian - New Federal Law May Reduce Textbook Prices for Students	7/26/2010
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Financial aid critical to state's community college students	12/20/2009
News Blaze - Report Finds Community College Students Work Too Many Hours	12/07/2009
The Desert Sun - Students struggle to balance work, school	10/29/2009
Los Angeles Times - Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California	8/18/2008

Voting & Democracy In the News

Sacramento Bee - Bill seeks to curb corporate political spending	6/15/2010
San Francisco Chronicle - Democrats take aim at PG&E political spending with new bills	6/14/2010
KCRA 3 - Lawmakers in BP Pockets?	6/02/2010
San Francisco Chronicle - Politicians raise money outside their districts	5/18/2010
Washington Post - Democrats suggest ways to curb companies' campaign spending	2/12/2010

More CALPIRG In The News

Los Angeles Times - The California Film Commission's incentive program	8/23/2010
Los Angeles Times - Who's getting the tax breaks?	4/15/2010
Fox 40 - Cleaning Up School Lunches	4/14/2010
CBS 13 - Calif. Gets "D" On Transparency Of Gov't Spending	4/13/2010
San Jose Mercury News - Prop 16 is June's priciest ballot initiative, with PG&E coughing up big money	3/25/2010

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