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Santa Monica, CA -- Insurance companies will be allowed to install spyware in Californians' cars, and charge higher auto insurance premiums to…
Jul 1, 2008Will Californians lie to save money? Apparently. New legislation takes aim at an honor system, of sorts, perhaps one of the few…
Jun 30, 2008Employees at the California's stem cell agency face a salary freeze for the rest of the year, "in solidarity with the state."…
Jun 30, 2008Download here comments submitted to the Department of Insurance regarding a June 23, 2008 workshop to discuss implementation of "Pay-as-you-drive" insurance in…
Jun 30, 2008Jared Huffman is generally a good Assemblyman. I mean, he's no Shiela Kuehl or anything, but overall a solid legislator. Which is…
Jun 30, 2008Wylie Aitken accepts the Phillip Burton Lifetime Legal Achievement Award at Consumer Watchdog's 2007 Rage For Justice Awards
Jun 28, 2008Huffman Legislation Would Tie Fewer Miles to Lower Premiums; Opponents Cite Privacy Concerns California motorists should be entitled to save money on…
Jun 27, 2008The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ended its review of two key stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation…
Jun 27, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has ordered another insurer to lower rates in accordance with revised guidelines adopted last…
Jun 27, 2008Homeowners Will Save An Average $512 A Year Santa Monica, CA -- California homeowners with Fireman’s Fund insurance coverage will save…
Jun 26, 2008Madison, WI -- In a step that official concludes the re-examination of two important embryonic stem cell patents, the United States Patent…
Jun 26, 2008The pharmaceutical industry flooded Congress with money in 2007 in a record $168 million lobbying effort, according to a Center for Public…
Jun 25, 2008Sacramento, CA -- Late yesterday Assemblyman Hector De La Torre agreed to four key amendments to his bill, AB 1945, which would…
Jun 25, 2008David Jensen, has been beating up on the California stem cell agency on his blog, The California Stem Cell...
Jun 24, 2008California's stem cell oversight committee takes up the agency's 2008-2009 $13.04 million budget at its ...
Jun 24, 2008I went to a Department of Insurance workshop yesterday to talk about what’s been dubbed “Pay as you drive” insurance. What that…
Jun 24, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- Even as a non-candidate, Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is still raising millions of dollars each year for ballot…
Jun 24, 2008New Legislation Aims at Taming Energy Markets; Consumer Watchdog Decries Likely Lack of Senate, White House Support Santa Monica, CA -- U.S.…
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