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What We Learned From the Stimulus 1/08/2010

Stimulus money invested in public transportation projects created twice as many jobs as highway projects, according to a new report released today by MASSPIRG, in conjunction with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Smart Growth America

Health Care & Prescription Drugs Archive

Student Health Program Academic Years 2005-2006 through 2007-2008 Baseline Report	12/03/2009
The $3 Trillion Question: What Health Care Reform Can Save For Families, Businesses and Taxpayers	8/05/2009
The Small Business Dilemma	7/21/2009
The Facts About Comparative Effectiveness Research	7/07/2009
Health Care in Crisis:	1/28/2009

Insurance Reform Reports Archive

'How You Drive’'Takes a Backseat to Who You Are	2/28/2008
The Massachusetts Automobile Insurance Study Group	3/15/2007
The Limitations of a Competitive Auto Insurance Market: How to Reduce Rates and Increase Insurer Profitability Simultaneously	11/23/2004

Product & Food Safety Reports Archive

Trouble in Toyland: The 24th Annual Survey of Toy Safety	11/24/2009
Trouble In Toyland	11/25/2008
Trouble in Toyland: 21st Annual Toy Safety Survey	11/21/2006
The Food Safety Net: Ensuring Safe Food from Production to Consumption, April 2006	4/01/2006
Trouble in Toyland: The 20th Annual Survey of Toy Safety	11/22/2005

Business Practices & Corporate Accountability Reports Archive

CVS: Takes a Licking and Keeps on Overcharging	5/07/2009
The Campus Credit Card Trap	3/27/2008
Consumers Guide to Credit Cards	9/11/2007
Locked In a Cell: How Cell Phone Early Termination Fees Hurt Consumers	8/11/2005
The Key to Safeguard Your Credit: A Consumer Survey and Report on Identity Theft and the Security Freeze	7/19/2005

Tax & Budget Policy Reports Archive

Massachusetts Stimulus Website: What It Tells Us & How It Could Tell Us More	12/22/2009
Report of the Quasi-Public Authority Compensation Review Commission	9/18/2009
Tax Shell Game: The Taxpayer Cost of Offshore Corporate Tax Havens	4/15/2009
Failing the Bailout: Lessons for Obama From Bush’s Failures on TARP	2/10/2009
Transparency.gov 2.0: Using The Internet For Budget Transparency To Increase Accountability, Efficiency And Taxpayer Confidence	12/03/2008

Transportation Agenda Reports Archive

What We Learned From the Stimulus	1/08/2010
Greasing the Wheels: The Crossroads of Campaign Money & Transportation Policy	11/12/2009
Stranded at the Station	8/18/2009
Massachusetts and the Stimulus: An Appraisal of Transportation Spending	6/29/2009
Private Roads, Public Costs	3/31/2009

Money & Politics Reports Archive

Greasing the Wheels: The Crossroads of Campaign Money & Transportation Policy	11/12/2009
Honest Enforcement: What Congress Can Learn From Independent State Ethics Commissions	2/06/2007

Voting & Democracy Reports Archive

Vanishing Voters: Why Registered Voters Drop Off the Rolls	9/24/2008
2005-2006 Legislative Report	12/12/2006
2006 Congressional Scorecard	5/16/2006

Media Reform & Internet Freedom Reports Archive

A Public Interest Internet Agenda	9/22/2009
Mixed Signals: How TV Retailers Mislead Consumers On The Digital Television (DTV) Transition	2/13/2008
The Failure Of Cable Deregulation: A Blueprint For Creating A Competitive, Pro-Consumer Cable Television Marketplace	8/12/2003

Higher Education Project Reports Archive

Subpriming Massachusetts Students: Why We Need a Strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency	12/01/2009
Course Correction: How Digital Textbooks are Off Track and How to Set Them Straight	8/01/2008
Exposing the Textbook Industry: How Publishersâ€™ Pricing Tactics Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks	2/01/2007
Student Debt and Consumer Costs	8/02/2006
Paying Back, Not Giving Back: Student Debt's Negative Impact On Public Service Career Opportunities	4/05/2006

Healthy Communities Reports Archive

An Industry Blowing Smoke	6/30/2009
Total Recall: The Need For CPSC Reform Now	7/23/2008
Trouble in Toyland: The 22nd Annual Survey of Toy Safety	11/20/2007
Toxic Pollution And Health: An Analysis of Toxic Chemicals Released in Communities across the United States	3/22/2007
Where There's Smoking, There's Fire	11/01/2001

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