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Paying Taxes, Safe and Sound

Paying taxes is our civic responsibility, but it can be confusing and stressful. To help consumers, CALPIRG answers key concerns as they set to pay their federal and state taxes.

New FCC rules to prevent cramming on landline phone bills

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
By | Jon Fox
Consumer Advocate

FCC announces new rules to stop “Cramming” on land lines, ignores wireless phone lines.

News Release | U.S.PIRG | Higher Ed

Interest Rate Hike Threatens College Affordability, Will Lead to 20% Increases in Cost of College Next Year

Today, U.S. PIRG, the Young Invincibles, the Center for American Progress, and Campus Progress released a joint report on the looming threat of a major hike in the federal student loan interest rate. If Congress fails to act by July 1, the interest rate for Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan will double, rising to 6.8 percent. 

Media Hit | Higher Ed

The New Student Battle Cry: Don't Double My Rate!

The media and the country are just waking up to the alarming fact that unless Congress acts by July 1, the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Congress must not let that happen.

Testimony of Lucas Zucker on textbook affordability

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Testimony of Lucas Zucker, UC Berkeley CALPIRG student at the California State Legislative Joint Committee Oversight Hearing

Affordability of College Textbooks: Factors for Rising Costs and Strategies to Control Costs for Students

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Media Hit | Higher Ed

The Daily Californian: ASUC to launch rating website for student housing

UC Berkeley senior Dana Rebitz would have benefited from knowing the quality of her Benvenue Avenue apartment before she moved in this semester. Her landlord failed to tell her about the apartment’s lack of a screen door, the mold growth in the bathroom and the fake thermostat that had promised indoor heating.

News Release | CALPIRG Education Fund | Higher Ed

Textbook Rebellion: Students Save on Textbooks

A new survey released by the Student PIRGs found that 70% of student respondents reported not purchasing one or more of their assigned textbooks because the cost was too high. Of those students, 78% said they believed that they would do worse in a course without the required materials.

News Release | CALPIRG Education Fund | Higher Ed

How Students Can Save Money on Textbooks

A new survey released by the Student PIRGs found that 70% of student respondents reported not purchasing one or more of their assigned textbooks because the cost was too high.

Media Hit | Higher Ed

ABC 7: Brown warns he'll veto scores of bills

 Gov. Jerry Brown is feeling a bit feisty. First, he issues a warning to lawmakers that he plans to veto scores of bills that are piled up on his desk and he's also taking on the heads of the UC system over a plan to raise tuition year, after year.

Media Hit | Higher Ed

Colorlines.com: As College Students Return to School, They Pay More Than Ever For It

This year, for the first time ever, tuition will overtake the state’s share of funding for students attending the prestigious 10-campus University of California system. It’s not the first state to reach such a milestone, but it is a significant and symbolic one in a state mired in a seemingly interminable budget crisis and where annual funding cuts have been accompanied by yearly tuition increases.

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