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News Release | MASSPIRG | Budget, Tax

New State Spending Website Launched

MASSPIRG joined government leaders today as they officially unveiled their new, easy-to-use comprehensive state spending website at the State House Library.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Solid Waste

Bridgewater becomes the 205th “Bottle Bill Update” Community

Bridgewater Town Council voted unanimously on November 22 to support an update to the state’s Bottle Bill, the 5¢ deposit on beverage containers.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Consumer Protection, Financial Reform

AG Coakley Announces Big Bank Foreclosure Suit

The reckless and predatory Wall Street practices collapsed our economy in 2008, causing trillions of dollars in lost savings, jobs and home ownership.  Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed suit against five national banks in connection with their roles in pursuing illegal foreclosures on properties in Massachusetts.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Consumer Protection

MASSPIRG Applauds AG Coakley’s Announcement about Big Bank Foreclosure Suit

The lawsuit is yet another example of why we need swift confirmation of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Financial Reform

Insurers Barred from Using Credit Scores In Setting Auto Insurance Rates

MASSPIRG is continuing to  push for reforms prohibiting insurers from using other rating  factors not related to consumers’ driving record   including  type of employment,  and home ownership. 

 

 

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Health Care

Wrong Way on Cost Control

MASSPIRG's statement reguarding the $11million bonus and severance package given to Cleve Killingsworth,  the former CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Consumer Protection

President Signs Historic Food Safety Bill

Statement of MASSPIRG Consumer Associate Micaela Preskill on the signing of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

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News Release | MASSPIRG | Budget, Tax

National Report Ranks States on Transparency of Economic Subsidies

Online disclosure of the names of companies receiving state and local tax breaks is improving according to a report published today by Good Jobs First, a non-profit, non-partisan research center based in Washington, DC.

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News Release | Budget, Tax

MASSPIRG’s Response to the Vote of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

Statement of Deirdre Cummings, Legislative Director for MASSPIRG, on the 11 to 7 vote by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in support of “The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform,” released earlier this week.

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Tools & Resources

  • END THE GRIDLOCK
    Massachusetts has too much traffic and too much pollution. It's time to invest in transportation across the state.
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  • Trouble in Toyland
    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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    Get the report
  • END THE WASTE
    This summer businesses will throw away enough recyclable cardboard to fill Fenway Park. Help us end the waste.
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  • Our Unsafe Nuclear Power Plants
    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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Just this summer, we'll bury and burn enough recyclable material to fill Fenway Park. Tell the DEP: Enforce our recycling regulations!

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