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Stem cell dollars flow;

But grant process is needlessly shroudedThe Sacramento Bee This lack of public disclosure is the single most glaring problem with the Institute…

RATEPAYERS’ RELIEF — INSURANCE:

THANKS TO FAVORABLE ACCIDENT AND CLAIMS RATES, CALIFORNIA'S FOUR LARGEST CARRIERS WILL LOWER PREMIUMS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARSPress Democrat (Santa…

Foundation suggests Schwarzenegger health plan’s success depends on affordability

Health Insurance Law Weekly "Insurance companies and HMOs will do all they can to undermine the governor's healthcare plan, and fight to…

Big Oil cautious about clean-energy spending;

Critics want more from firms earning billionsThe San Francisco Chronicle For BP and other oil companies reaping record profits, research on new…

There’s More Than Meets the Eye to an Early Primary

KPCC 89.3FM (Southern California Public Radio) Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says California politicians…

Mass. Must Require HMOs, Insurers to Justify Premiums Under Health Insurance Mandate;

Insurance Regulation Will Lower Costs: Has Saved Calif. $23 Billion in Auto Insurance Rates

Influential coalition backs universal health care;

Players Urge Compromise, Quick ActionThe San Jose Mercury News (California) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica-based consumer group,…

West Coast Motorists Pay SuperSized Refining Profits to Big Oil, Says Group;

BP Profit Report Shows Industry Refining Margins in West Are About Twice the Global Average

Prop 103-Style Regulations of Health Industry Needed To Combat Insurer-Doctor-Hospital Price Gouging, Consumer Group Says

Insurance panel locked in struggle to survive;

Rate-control strategy ineffective, some sayTimes-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) Doug Heller, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a California…

California voters see drug and insurance profits driving rise in health costs

Health Insurance Law Weekly The poll also found that 81% of those surveyed want government to assure that all Californians have access…

Chevron reports record profit;

$17.14 billion for the San Ramon oil giant in 2006 helped by lower commodity pricesThe San Francisco Chronicle Consumer advocates said the…

Gas prices lower, but predicted to increase;

Changing of blends likely to cause spikeThe San Diego Union-Tribune The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, meanwhile, alleged…

Chevron reports record earnings

The Los Angeles Times "Congress, and particularly the members from California, should be furious at this level of profiteering, even as Chevron…

Chevron uneasy despite high profits: Oil producer expects production to fall in 2007 because of political situations in nations such as Venezuela, Kazakhstan

Contra Costa Times (California) "These are world-record profits on top of world-record profits for Chevron," said Jamie Court, president of FTCR. "And…

Consumer Advocates Call on Congress to Subpoena Exxon’s Funding Records As Oil Giant Underwrites Efforts to Deny Reality of Global Warming

Chevron 22% Yearly Profit Increase Makes it Leader of Big Oil, Villain of California Motorists, Says Group;

As Drivers Gird for Another Round of $3-Plus Summer Pricing, San Ramon-Based Chevron Should Answer for Profiteering

Guidelines on stem cell research offered;

Group promotes worldwide practicesThe San Diego Union-Tribune The Foundation For Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica praised provisions in guidelines that…