Democrats Resurrect Bill to Punish the Poor
Last-Minute "Gut & Amend" Bill Creates Surcharge On Previously Uninsured Drivers, Enshrines Quackenbush Rules
Aug 23, 2002Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
PG&E’s Creditors Side With PUC
The Los Angeles Times State utility regulators and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. creditors announced a deal Thursday that would raise electricity…
Aug 23, 2002
Energy
PG&E creditors, PUC regulators make deal;
Consumer groups divided on whether plan benefits ratepayersThe San Francisco Chronicle State regulators announced an agreement Thursday with major creditors of Pacific…
Aug 23, 2002
Energy
PG&E PLAN LOSES SUPPORT;
LARGE CREDITORS SIDE WITH STATE REGULATORS IN DISPUTE OVER BANKRUPTCYThe San Jose Mercury News Embattled PG&E Corp. lost some ground Thursday as…
Aug 23, 2002
Energy
Consumers to Help Bail Out PG&E
Associated Press Consumers would pick up the costs of helping Pacific Gas and Electric Co. pay its debts under an agreement reached…
Aug 23, 2002
Energy
Regulators, PG&E Creditors OK Deal
Associated Press California power regulators have reached a deal with creditors of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. that could force millions of…
Aug 22, 2002
Insurance
‘Pressure Building’ to Fix Malpractice
The Palm Beach Post Now, with premiums soaring 50 percent over the past three years, doctors are crying crisis again. And again,…
Aug 18, 2002
Insurance
Cheating Bosses May Face Snitching
Legislation: A bill to make employees report illegal corporate fiscal practices wins panel's approval. Business and oil interests oppose it.The Los Angeles…
Aug 17, 2002Assembly Committee Passes Tough Corporate Accountability Legislation to Fill Gaps in Federal Law
SB 783 Would Punish Execs Who Cover-Up Fraud, Protect Whistleblowers
Aug 16, 2002
Privacy
Upping the Ante
The Ventura County Reporter The WorldComs and Enrons of the universe are already suffocating under their own dirty laundry. And in the…
Aug 15, 2002
Energy
State justices reject challenge to PUC plan; Consumer group contested proposal to revamp PG&E
The San Francisco Chronicle The state Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a consumer organization's challenge to state regulators' plans to bring Pacific…
Aug 15, 2002
Energy
Court won’t hear PG&E’s rate appeal
Sacramento Bee Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lost another round in its attempts to impose a multibillion-dollar retroactive rate increase when the…
Aug 15, 2002
Energy
FERC finds evidence of energy price manipulation in California
Minnesota Public Radio - Marketplace AM Report Federal energy regulators are out with a report on what looks a lot like manipulation…
Aug 14, 2002
Insurance
California’s Malpractice Damage Caps Still Debated
The San Francisco Chronicle California's cap on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is being recommended by President Bush as a model for…
Aug 14, 2002HMOs Bucking State Control of Prescription Drug Benefits
Legislation Would Protect Consumers When HMOs Deny Care Against the backdrop of a failed federal effort to approve a prescription drug benefit…
Aug 13, 2002