Consumer Watchdog

“Two Wrongs Make A Right” Insurance Bill Passes Senate 31-0

Mercury Insurance Bill Opposed by Low-Income and Consumer Groups Would Restrict Insurance Commissioner's Ability to Block Unfair and Discriminatory Practices

Consumers turning to lawsuits against wireless-phone companies

The Orange County Register The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said it's collecting the stories of upset wireless customers and organizing…

Boxer claims Shell plans faster shutdown of Bakersfield refinery

Associated Press Jamie Court, the foundation's president, said his group has talked to about half-a-dozen Shell employees, including refinery workers, who've reported…

Going Slow on Cutting Premiums;

Insurers say savings will come from workers' compensation reform, but probably not as soon as employers wish.Los Angeles Times Douglas Heller, director…

Public Advocates letter to Senator Burton opposing SB 1291

Public Advocates

Low Income Advocates Warn That Insurance Bill Could Lead to Rampant Discrimination

Mercury Insurance Bill Seeks to Restrict Insurance Commissioner's Authority to Prevent Abuses

Chamber of Commerce Attacks Law to Insure 1 Million Patients, Opposes Cost Controls While Cosponsoring “Cover the Uninsured Week”

Shell Has No Plans To Cover Refinery’s Loss

KERO Interviews Refinery ManagerThe Bakersfield Channel - KERO TV (California) Jamie Court, the president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights,…

Mercury Insurance Tries Legislative End-Run Around Court Loss

Bill Takes Power From Insurance Commissioner To Stop Illegal Practices

Telling numbers: Banks set quotas for sales pitches

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Texas) It's particularly offensive that when we simply try to get our own money out of the bank, we're…

Debate Over State’s Energy Supplies Heating Up Again;

Governor, lawmakers and business are weighing in on how best to revamp the power system.Los Angeles Times Letting the biggest corporations in…

Chamber charmed by all-business governor;

Economic initiatives now at top of his listThe San Francisco Chronicle The chamber has been preaching the same anti-regulation, anti-litigation, pro-deregulation, job-killer…

‘Strike 1’ on Health Care Cost Controls, Consumer Group Says

FTCR pledges ballot initiative if two other cost control policies fail

New overseer for HMOs;

Ehnes says she can't cure all ills, but she wants to keep doctors fiscally healthyThe San Francisco Chronicle "When it's a matter…

State chamber looks revitalized

Sacramento Bee "Arnold is the gun that the chamber has put to the heads in the Legislature to get its way," said…

Rising Profits Pump Up Criticism of Oil Refiners;

California consumer groups say the industry is taking advantage of supply concerns with record retail prices.Los Angeles Times "They're making money hand…

Proposal to bar excessive HMO rates fails in Senate committee

Associated Press Jerry Flannigan, a lobbyist for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the bill would have helped control one…

Activists rip ballot proposal on suit

San Bernadino Sun "This proposal is a power grab to give the biggest corporations in California a get-out-of-jail-free card under the pretext…