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11/28/2007
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California Attorney General Jerry Brown joined a twelve-state lawsuit today challenging a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that limits public access to information about toxic chemical releases. | |
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11/28/2007
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The car buyer’s bill of rights needs a tune up. It has a few miles on it now, and it is clear that it still needs work. | |
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10/4/2007
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Companies with immediate past histories of shoddy work and fraudulent practices still receive billions of dollars in federal contracts, according to a new report by the California Public Interest Research Group CALPIRG Education Fund | |
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10/30/2007
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S. 2045 (Pryor), a bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) passed out of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee this afternoon. This bill, strongly backed by CALPIRG, will give the CPSC the resources and manpower needed to protect consumers from unsafe products that end up on store shelves. | |
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06/25/2008
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Attorney General Brown is going after the worst of the worst offenders who are responsible for the mortgage meltdown. | |
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06/18/2008
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The California Senate Banking Committee bowed to industry today, killing all but one of
the Assembly Democrats' crucial bills designed to rein in abuses prominent in the subprime market and thereby eliminating the prospect of restoring responsibility and accountability to the mortgage market in California this year. | |
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05/23/2008
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02/13/2008
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In one year, 22 million Americans who rely on free over-the-air analog broadcasting – including many elderly and other vulnerable populations – will be at risk of losing access to TV, which for many is a primary source of news and emergency information as well as entertainment. | |
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01/23/2008
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CALPIRG applauds Assemblyman Ted Lieu for introducing “The Subprime Lending Reform Act of 2008.” | |
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01/08/2008
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In anticipation of Governor Schwarzenegger’s State of the State Address this afternoon, CALPIRG advocates made their own policy recommendations to the governor on critical issues facing the state of California in 2008, including health care, privatization of public assets, mortgage lending reforms, and balancing the state budget.
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