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Early accounts of Senator Max Baucus's press-only speech at the national press club are chilling. The Democratic Senate Finance Committee Chairman not…
Apr 24, 2009With 13 months until the GOP primary, the insurance commissioner has grappled with turnover among campaign advisors, $150,000 in unpaid inaugural fund…
Apr 24, 2009PASADENA, CA -- Some residents of the San Gabriel Valley could be facing a more than 50 percent hike in water rates.…
Apr 24, 2009Costco Wholesale Inc. has agreed to install new gasoline pumps at stores in California and 13 other states that will adjust prices…
Apr 23, 2009For the first time in the U.S., a gasoline retailer has plans to fix hot fuel. Costco Warehouse Inc. has agreed to…
Apr 23, 2009Some San Gabriel Valley residents could see their water rates go up by as much as 56 percent next year under a…
Apr 23, 2009Agreement for Costco Gas Stations Would Adjust Fuel for Temperature in Several States -- Oil Companies Will be 'Making Fairness Illegal' if…
Apr 23, 2009First quarter lobbying reports just filed with the U.S. Senate's Office of Public Records show that Google lobbied Congress about electronic medical…
Apr 22, 2009State Insurance Regulation Kept Insurance Industry Safe While Federal Regulators Failed to Protect Financial Markets, Says Consumer Watchdog Washington, D.C. --…
Apr 22, 2009WASHINGTON, DC — Not many financial companies saw an opportunity in the economic meltdown. But large insurers did, and now they're using…
Apr 22, 2009Big warehouse discounter Costco has reportedly agreed to put in the equipment needed to ensure you get all the gas you pay…
Apr 22, 2009I watched today's Senate "Roundtable Discussion" (video link) on reforming health care delivery to learn from the propsals of the committee and…
Apr 21, 2009As Congress returns to begin an intense debate over reshaping the nation's $2.2 trillion health-care system, prominent left-leaning organizations and liberal House…
Apr 21, 2009Washington D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog wrote a letter to U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) urging that he continue to protect patients consistent…
Apr 21, 2009Earlier this month, the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog called for the Justice Department to delay the settlement. The group argued that no…
Apr 20, 2009A consumer watchdog group is howling over a recent appointment by state Sen. Ron Calderon, but for the vast majority of California…
Apr 20, 2009“Why should a drug company be able to advertise one of its products in the best possible light in 25 or 40…
Apr 18, 2009With a May 5 deadline for filing objections to the Google books settlement looming, opposition to and criticism of the settlement continues…
Apr 17, 2009