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The Oakland Tribune (California) Hofmeister acknowledged that the price charged by oil companies such as Shell to retailers would ultimately figure into…
Oct 17, 2007Oil Companies' Claim That Crude Oil Costs Drive Gasoline Price Makes No Sense With Today's Barrel Prices Up More Than 40% Over…
Oct 16, 2007At the end of his first "post-partisan" year, Arnold Schwarzenegger stuck to a lot of his old guns as far as campaign…
Oct 16, 2007Link to hospitals with stake in health reform criticized.Sacramento Bee (California) Doug Heller, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Oct 16, 2007Registration costs will increase $3 per year. Schwarzenegger also puts his signature on a bill banning the use of phthalates in some…
Oct 15, 2007A rumor briefly swirled yesterday that Gov. Schwarzenegger would veto a deceptive "biofuel development" bill pushed with the full force of Assembly…
Oct 15, 2007AdWeek Magazine Jamie Court on the Huffingon Post, wrote, "Chevron's latest advertising campaign is a classic study in how large rogue corporations…
Oct 15, 2007The San Diego Union-Tribune Proposition 103 created an elected state insurance commissioner, an office now held by Steve Poizner, and requires that…
Oct 15, 2007Companies pay out less, make $73 billion moreThe Biloxi Sun Herald (Mississippi) Insurance companies are no longer following their mandate to take…
Oct 14, 2007UNIVERSAL COVERAGE TOUGHER IN CALIFORNIASan Jose Mercury News (California) "Massachusetts faced far fewer hurdles in reforming its health care system than California…
Oct 13, 2007Also, he signs an immigration-related bill that prohibits cities from having landlords ask about the residency status of their tenants.Los Angeles Times…
Oct 12, 2007Associated Press Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica-based advocacy group, said Núñez's independence could be…
Oct 12, 2007Financial Times (London, England) However, some consumer groups say a federal charter could threaten state consumer protection laws. Carmen Balber, spokeswoman for…
Oct 11, 2007Ads fast, furious - Gregoire: "I don't believe any of the stuff that I'm seeing" - Election 2007 - Referendum 67The Seattle…
Oct 10, 2007Sacramento Business Journal (California) Jerry Flanagan from the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights immediately blasted the bill for shoving the cost…
Oct 9, 2007Sacramento Bee (California) After Vogel's article appeared, Núñez made a public appearance in Los Angeles but fled via a back corridor when…
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