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BestWire "Whether or not politicians will take insurers, hospitals and doctors to task for skyrocketing health-care costs will determine the success of…
Aug 22, 2003Repeal of FDR-era Consumer Protection Would Lead to More Disasters, Higher Electricity Rates
Aug 21, 2003Consumer Group Calls on Governor Davis to Stop Ratepayer Bailout of Utility's Deregulation Disaster According to the state Supreme Court, utilities are…
Aug 21, 2003Nation's First 1-800 Whistleblower Hotline Part Of Early Warning System To Prevent Corporate Crime in California
Aug 21, 2003New rules regulating unsolicited faxes are delayed.St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Fax owners must use company time to sort through the faxes, and…
Aug 20, 2003Los Angeles Daily News "The problem is that legislators have until Sept. 12 to get their special-interest bills to Davis and the…
Aug 19, 2003Tri-Valley Herald (Pleasanton, CA) "If this proposal was not half a loaf, the industry wouldn't swallow it," said Jerry Flanagan of FTCR.…
Aug 19, 2003President Bush Should Investigate Connection Between Deregulation and Power Outages
Aug 18, 2003CA Legislature to Convene Health Care Reform and Workers' Compensation Conference Committees "Politicians influenced by health insurance company campaign contributions must remember…
Aug 18, 2003Wednesday deadline for passage of billThe San Francisco Chronicle "The only reason SB1 was brought back, obviously, is because the governor needed…
Aug 18, 2003Kansas City Star Did deregulation of electric utilities contribute to the problem? The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which advocates more…
Aug 16, 2003The San Diego Union-Tribune "Consumers who have paid to have the regulatory protections and benefits of the PUC are not only having…
Aug 15, 2003Sacramento Bee Jamie Court of FTCR said supporters of Davis worked out the compromise in an effort to help him survive the…
Aug 15, 2003Copley News Service But not all privacy advocates are happy. Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said the…
Aug 15, 2003Businessman says that if the Legislature doesn't OK measure protecting financial information by next week, he will put a similar initiative on…
Aug 15, 2003Wired Magazine Faced with the possibility of an expensive campaign to defeat a threatened ballot initiative, California's financial industry set aside its…
Aug 15, 2003Ventura County Star (California) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, complained that the compromise gives too much ground and accused Davis…
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