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Wisconsin Technology Network The groups joining in filing the Public Interest Amici brief include two groups, the Public Patent Foundation and the…
Dec 26, 2007Mark Ridley-Thomas has raised $200,000 this year for a nonprofit he founded. The timing troubles watchdogs. As he vies for a seat…
Dec 22, 2007CBS-TV Evening News (6:30 PM EST) JOHN BLACKSTONE reporting: As 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan lay dying in the hospital, friends and nurses marched…
Dec 21, 2007Capitol Weekly Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights called the $25 million "slush-fund money to do the work…
Dec 20, 2007Los Angeles Times "We were waiting for the payoff to show up," said Jerry Flanagan, healthcare policy director for the Foundation for…
Dec 20, 2007Mandatory Private Insurance Is Unaffordable
Dec 18, 2007Núñez Deal Would Force Consumers to Buy Health Insurance With No Limit on Price or Promise of Meaningful Benefits
Dec 17, 2007Labor and legislators haven't had time to vet the Nunez-backed plan, a union group says.Los Angeles Times Jerry Flanagan, the healthcare advocate…
Dec 16, 2007Sacramento, CA -- California's elections watchdog wants assurances that politicians aren't tapping campaign funds to pay for personal travel, meals and gifts.…
Dec 15, 2007Institute Reveals Identities of 12 Institutions Seeking $260 Million In Laboratory Grants; Five Still Secret
Dec 14, 2007State insurance chief plans to pursue a $12.6 million fine for dropping patients.Sacramento Bee (California) Consumer advocates accused Blue Shield of downplaying…
Dec 14, 2007San Francisco Business Times The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, based in Santa Monica, said release of the news makes a…
Dec 14, 2007Ethics Board Proposes Travel, Meal Disclosures to Close Spending Loophole Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer advocates applauded the state ethics board for…
Dec 14, 2007Wired Magazine Critics of CIRM, including John M. Simpson, stem cell project director for the Foundation of Taxpayer and Consumer Rights of…
Dec 13, 2007After Public Pressure, Five Research Institutions Are Identified During Grant Award Discussion
Dec 12, 2007Grants are great, but the California institute created to fund research needs to put its business in order.Los Angeles Times The agency's…
Dec 12, 2007The San Francisco Chronicle The Fair Political Practices Commission is responsible for enforcing laws governing the stem cell agency, which was created…
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