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By Staff Reporters, VENDING TIMES September 10, 2021 https://www.vendingtimes.com/news/california-assembly-nixes-bottle-deposit-bill/ The California Assembly failed to act on a budget proposal put forth by…
Sep 10, 2021By Amanda Ottaway, LAW360 September 7, 2021 https://www.law360.com/appellate/articles/1418979/cvs-tells-high-court-mailed-prescriptions-not-disability-bias Law360 (September 7, 2021, 8:53 PM EDT) — CVS Pharmacy Inc. told the U.S.…
Sep 7, 2021By Staff Reporters, REPAIR DRIVEN NEWS September 6, 2021 Auto insurers scored windfall profits from pandemic lockdowns Consumer groups analyzing insurers’ underwriting…
Sep 6, 2021By Aria Alamalhodaei, TECH CRUNCH August 18, 2021 https://news.yahoo.com/two-senators-urge-ftc-investigate-205147105.html Two Democratic senators have asked the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission…
Aug 19, 2021By Keith Barry, CONSUMER REPORTS August 18, 2021 https://www.consumerreports.org/advertising-claims/call-to-investigate-tesla-marketing-claims-autopilot-fsd-a1181594362/ Two U.S. senators have called for the Federal Trade Commission to open an…
Aug 18, 2021By Alan Ohnsman, FORBES August 16, 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2021/08/16/us-launches-broad-investigation-into-tesla-autopilot-over-numerous-crashes/?sh=33052b4658b5 U.S. regulators have opened up the biggest review of Tesla’s Autopilot since the driving-assistance…
Aug 17, 2021By Bryan Jonston, AUTO CONNECTED CAR NEWS August 16, 2021 Consumer Watchdog Urges Auto Insurance Refunds for Pandemic Profits Insurance companies have…
Aug 17, 2021By Bryan Jonston, AUTO CONNECTED CAR NEWS August 16, 2021 NHSTA Investigates Tesla Autopilot NHTSA opened an investigation into Autopilot on 765,000…
Aug 17, 2021By Keith Laing, Alan Levin and Keith Naughton, BLOOMBERG August 17, 2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/tesla-probe-signals-auto-safety-agency-s-more-activist-stance The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into a possible…
Aug 17, 2021By Sasha Hupka, LOS ANGELES TIMES August 11, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-08-11/sleek-new-credit-apps-target-a-young-generation-already-drowning-in-debt WASHINGTON — Alana Voechting, a 27-year-old nursing student, had never heard of Klarna when…
Aug 11, 2021By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE August 11, 2021 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2021-08-11/after-breaking-pledge-and-halting-donations-state-insurance-commissioner-jump-starts-campaign Two years after suspending all campaign fundraising amid a political scandal in…
Aug 11, 2021EDITORIAL BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD August 4, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-04/california-medical-board-reforms-legislature The lobbying group for state physicians is having its way with the state Legislature…
Aug 4, 2021By Adam Raskin, KGTV ABC TV-10 San Diego, CA July 30 2021 https://www.10news.com/news/in-depth/some-california-homeowners-in-fire-prone-areas-face-steep-insurance-increase San Diego (KGTV) — Throughout the state, homeowners are preparing…
Aug 2, 2021By Andrew Sheeler, CAPITOL ALERT – SACRAMENTO BEE July 27, 2021 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article253038588.html Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog reports that permit approvals for new or reworked…
Jul 27, 2021By J. D. Morris, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 22, 2021 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-says-it-will-bury-10-000-miles-of-power-16330189.php Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said Wednesday that it wants to…
Jul 22, 2021By Kyle Barnett, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL July 22, 2021 The largest utility in California is planning to bury 10,000 miles of power…
Jul 22, 2021By Sonseeahary Tonsall, Eric Rucker, Ian McDonald, KXTL FOX TV-40, Sacramento, CA July 21, 2021 https://fox40.com/news/wildfire-watch/pge-announces-plan-to-bury-thousands-of-miles-of-lines/ CHICO, Calif. (KTXL) — Pacific Gas and…
Jul 21, 2021By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO July 19, 2021 A medical malpractice company based in Napa dropped $5 million into the fight against…
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