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Special Interests: How They Get Around Voter-Approved Limits on Campaign Contributions More money is flowing into California's legislative campaigns than ever, despite…
Feb 12, 2008The Los Angeles Times reports today that Governor Schwarzenegger wants to hand over millions of dollars in state bond money to two…
Feb 11, 2008You'd think that a company making nearly $41 billion in yearly profit in 2007 would be profligate in its charitable giving.…
Feb 11, 2008The San Jose Mercury News (California) February 8, 2008 by Steve Johnson, Mercury News ...
Feb 8, 2008ADVOCACY GROUP CLAIMS SUBTERFUGE WAS INVOLVEDThe San Jose Mercury News (California) The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said it…
Feb 8, 2008The governor tried to don his outsider mantle today when he chastised the legislature for trying to hold onto power by extending…
Feb 8, 2008Despite lower profits, BP is seeing rise in stock price. BP is often considered the least successful of Big Oil companies. It…
Feb 7, 2008
The Boston Globe reported this week that the cost of Massachusetts' mandatory health insurance plan would be almost twice what proponents...
Feb 6, 2008The San Francisco Chronicle February 5, 2008 by Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer ...
Feb 5, 2008The San Francisco Chronicle Consumer advocates agreed that uninsured pay high hospital rates, but they pointed out some limits to the study.…
Feb 5, 2008Yearly 2008 Profit Total for Big Five Oil Companies Still Hits $114 Billion, Picking Consumer Pockets Around the World Santa Monica, CA…
Feb 5, 2008The Greenlining Institute is the most recent consumer protection organization to file a petition with the California Department of Insurance over a…
Feb 5, 2008Watching Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis stand together in front of Los Angeles City Hall this morning made me feel like I…
Feb 4, 2008California's taxpayer-funded stem cell institute wants to do something a lot of banks won't: make loans to biotechnology companies with no cash…
Feb 3, 2008Aim is to turn research into clinical therapiesThe San Diego Union-Tribune John Simpson, of the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights…
Feb 3, 2008The New York Times February 2, 2008 by JAD MOUAWAD By...
Feb 2, 2008