Energy
Davis appoints former utility chief to head PUC
Associated Press State & Local Wire A former utility executive has been picked by Gov. Gray Davis to head the state's Public…
Jan 1, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
Davis Replaces PUC Chief;
He ousts Loretta Lynch from president's post and names Michael Peevey, who some activists say is too close to the energy industry.The…
Jan 1, 2003
Insurance
Corporate watch dogs online: as recent tales of corporate misdeeds emerge.
ASAP Online Magazine While the various players try to sort out the answers to these questions, it might be worth looking at…
Jan 1, 2003
Privacy
Calif. Group Steps Up Push For Referendum on Privacy
The American Banker Privacy hawks in California are readying a fund-raising campaign for a ballot initiative that would force banks to change…
Jan 1, 2003Davis’ PUC Appointments: The Real Cloning Issue
Davis Chooses Insider Rather Than Independent Consumer Advocate for Board
Dec 31, 2002Davis Names Energy Executive New PUC President
Consumer Group Decries Move; Calls on Senate to Reject Peevey's Nomination
Dec 31, 2002
Energy
California to hand back energy purchasing to utilities
San Jose Mercury News The move to return power buying to utilities is largely symbolic, said consumer advocate Doug Heller of the…
Dec 30, 2002
Energy
$2 gas on horizon?
Experts differ over cost of ethanol switchSacramento Bee Californians could pay $2 a gallon -- or higher -- for gasoline early in…
Dec 27, 2002
Insurance
Insurers Flip the ‘Crisis’ Switch
Like energy companies, they manufacture losses. Like last year's energy debacle in California, the insurance crisis now afflicting the nation is the…
Dec 24, 2002
Privacy
Frist brings support for drug companies to majority leader job
Gannett News Service Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist's official ascension Monday to Senate majority leader could end up helping drug companies.
Dec 24, 2002
Insurance
Senate Republicans drop Lott, elect Frist as their leader
Gannett News Service Frist's family founded HCA, a major hospital chain known as Hospital Corporation of America when it began in 1968…
Dec 23, 2002
Energy
Few question Tenn. senator’s ability to lead Frist’s toughness impresses members of both parties
USA TODAY Frist's father and brother founded what has become the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, HCA. The company has created vast…
Dec 23, 2002
Healthcare
State health care bind: Fixing inequities can be expensive
The Sacramento Bee Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez and Andrew Willis symbolize the two extremes of California health care: Have and have-not. Got…
Dec 22, 2002
Energy
Legacy of Power Cost Manipulation
The New York Times Two years ago this month, a record was set at the height of the West Coast energy crunch:…
Dec 22, 2002
Healthcare
Attention on Sen. Frist turns to issues, his ties to HCA
Chattanooga Times/Chattanooga Free Press Sen. Frist's likely election to the majority leader post already is raising new questions about his ties to…
Dec 22, 2002Leadership of Senate Should Not Go From Racist To Corporate Crook
Frist's Ownership of Columbia/HCA Should Prevent Him From Taking Leadership Post Santa Monica, CA -- Senator Bill Frist's ownership of and entanglement…
Dec 20, 2002Leadership of Senate Should Not Go From Racist To Corporate Crook
Frist's Ownership of Columbia/HCA Should Prevent Him From Taking Leadership Post
Dec 20, 2002Texas Medical Malpractice “Crisis” Is About Insurance Accountability Not Patients Rights
California Experience Points to Need for Stronger Regulation
Dec 18, 2002