Energy
Letter To California Attorney General Bill Lockyer
Shell Documents Give You Ability To Keep Bakersfield Refinery Open
Apr 6, 2004Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
Plan to Shut Refinery Draws More Questions;
Critics say Shell Oil's decision to close its Bakersfield facility is an attempt to boost profit.Los Angeles Times State Senator Joe Dunn…
Apr 6, 2004
Healthcare
Consumer group files complaint against Frist because of HCA ties
Gannett News Service FTCR said HCA, Inc., the Nashville-based hospital chain founded by Frist's father and older brother, and its malpractice insurance…
Apr 6, 2004
Healthcare
Consumer group files complaint against Frist because of HCA ties
Gannett News Service Carmen Balber said her organization FTCR, decided to call for a new investigation after Frist ignored requests that he…
Apr 6, 2004
Energy
Consumer Group Demands Shell Keep Bakersfield Refinery Open
Oil Daily A consumer rights group, citing internal Royal Dutch/Shell documents, says the Anglo Dutch major is set to close the 70,000…
Apr 6, 2004
Healthcare
CITING A CONFLICT, GROUP CALLS FOR FRIST TO BOW OUT OF MALPRACTICE DEBATE
BestWire Citing his investments and his family's ties to the country's largest hospital chain, a California consumer group has filed an ethics…
Apr 6, 2004Senate Ethics Committee Should Ban Frist From Hospital Liability Debate, Says Ethics Complaint Filed Today
Conflict of Interest Requires Majority Leader's Immediate Recusal Santa Monica, California - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's connections to HCA and the…
Apr 6, 2004Evidence Shows Shell To Demolish Profitable Refinery, Drive Up Gas Prices;
Consumer Group Seeks Intervention Of Bush, Kerry & CA Attorney General
Apr 6, 2004
Privacy
What About Pat?
Governor Schwarzenegger says that collecting $27 million from special interest groups over the last eight months has not affected his resolve to…
Apr 6, 2004
Insurance
Hitch in Workers’ Comp Reform;
State legislators debate whether imposing rate caps on premiums would relieve employers or drive away insurers.Los Angeles Times California deregulated workers' compensation…
Apr 5, 2004
Energy
Governor’s evolving rules on donors
SOME OK, OTHERS NOT: SCHWARZENEGGER INSISTS HE CAN'T BE BOUGHTThe San Jose Mercury News In the eight months since he declared his…
Apr 5, 2004
Privacy
Gearing up for a discount drug card;
The new Medicare program begins in June. Deciding which card to choose will take analysis, guesswork -- and luck.Los Angeles Times The…
Apr 5, 2004
Healthcare
Doctors’ Hospital Bids Raise Ethical Worries;
As physicians seek to buy Tenet holdings, critics wonder whether profit would come before patients.Los Angeles Times "The concern is that they…
Apr 5, 2004
Insurance
Lawyer tapped to run state’s regulatory office
Contra Costa Times (California) Doug Heller, of the Santa Monica-based FTCR, which has criticized Schwarzenegger's freeze of certain state regulations, expressed concerns…
Apr 4, 2004
Energy
COMMERCIAL BREAK:
A COMPANY PROFITS FROM TAKING KIDS ON FIELD TRIPS TO RETAIL OUTLETS. BUT WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING?The Boston Globe Coming to a…
Apr 4, 2004