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News Release | MASSPIRG | Budget, Tax

White House Plan to Close Special Interest Tax Loopholes Is the Right Approach to Reform, But Details Matter

Statement by Deirdre Cummings, Legislative Director, MASSPIRG  in response to the White House announcement today proposing to eliminate tax loopholes and preferences. “The President has put forward the beginnings of a tax reform plan that takes the right approach, but is still missing critical details..."

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Blog Post | Financial Reform

CFPB to announces overdraft fee investigation, unveiling "penalty box" disclosure, possibly ending $39 lattes.Ed MierzwinskiElizabeth Weyant

At a news conference in NYC today, Director Richard Cordray of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will announce a major investigation of bank overdraft fee practices and propose a model "penalty box" disclosure to appear on bank statements. The investigation could end the $39 latte-- $4 bucks for the coffee, $35 for the debit card overdraft fee.

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Report | MASSPIRG Education Fund and Dēmos | Democracy

Auctioning Democracy

This appendix provides a detailed look at business funding for Super PACs: top business donors, Super PACs which received the most business money, and amount and number of contributions by state.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

WCVB TV - You Could End Up Paying for Power Outages

If the state’s big power companies have their way, Bay State homeowners and businesses will be slammed with a $160 million record repair bill that comes with big questions about how the region’s utilities responded to massive power outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene and a late October snowstorm.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

NECIR - Power Outages: Who Pays the Bill?

If the state’s big power companies have their way, Bay State homeowners and businesses will be slammed with a $160 million record repair bill that comes with big questions about how the region’s utilities responded to massive power outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene and a late October snowstorm.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Transportation

MASSPIRG Assesses the Risks and Rewards of Public-Private Partnerships

A new MASSPIRG report examines whether high-speed rail should be public, private, or both. While public-private partnerships for high-speed rail could be very promising, they can also create a lot of pitfalls.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Solid Waste

Advisory: Hearing on Updated Bottle Bill

On Wednesday, July 20, MASSPIRG will hold a press conference outside the State House at 9:30 a.m., to be followed by a legislative hearing on the Updated Bottle Bill.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Health Care

Keep the Focus on Lowering Health Care Costs

Statement from the Legislative Director of MASSPIRG on Blue Cross Blue Shield’s decision to give back $4.26 million to their customers after AG investigation into the excessive compensation awarded to former CEO Cleve Killingsworth. 

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Health Care

Keep the Focus on Lowering Health Care Costs

MASSPIRG's reaction to Blue Cross Blue Shield’s decision to refund $4.26 million to their customers after AG investigation into  excessive compensation.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Health Care

Legislature Preserves Rx Gift Ban in Budget

MASSPIRG praised the legislature for rejecting Big Pharma attempt to repeal RX drug gift ban.

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    For the 27th year, MASSPIRG arms consumers with safety guidelines and a list of harmful toys hitting store shelves this holiday season.
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    Our report, “Unacceptable Risk,” examines two decades worth of “close calls,” leaks and other problems at our country’s 104 nuclear reactors.
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