Environmentalists fear that a recent announcement by the toxics department that it will consider various cleanup alternatives at the controversial Santa Susana…
Nov 27, 2013Environmentalists in a new legal filing this week say they have evidence showing that the toxics department has authority over the disposal…
Nov 27, 2013During a meeting last week, officials at Covered California, the state’s much-touted health insurance marketplace, made a pretty stark admission: Half of the approximately…
Nov 26, 2013On Thursday, the Covered California board unanimously decided that insurers will not be allowed to continue selling policies in 2014 that do…
Nov 22, 2013Wow, Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog is unleashing a severe volley against Covered California, saying the state Obamacare system's new data show…
Nov 22, 2013Steve Goldsberry said he knows what California's decision not to allow canceled health insurance policies to be extended will cost him. "Six…
Nov 22, 2013(11-21) 15:46 PST SACRAMENTO -- Covered California, the state's health exchange, on Thursday rejected President Obama's request to let insurers extend their…
Nov 21, 2013SACRAMENTO -- It's all systems go for the federal health care law, at least in California, after the state on Thursday spurned…
Nov 21, 2013On Monday, Google agreed to pay 37 states to settle charges that in 2011 and 2012 it had ignored a key privacy…
Nov 19, 2013Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog, is the author of Proposition 103. His Op-Ed Commentary below was originally published in the Los…
Nov 19, 2013Raleigh, N.C. — Google on Monday reached a $17 million settlement with North Carolina and 36 other U.S. states as well as…
Nov 18, 2013A ballot teeming with health measures next November may prompt hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign spending. SACRAMENTO — Obamacare's troubled…
Nov 17, 2013At first glance, the statistics revealed in a state-by-state analysis of auto insurance costs make Pennsylvania look pretty good. "Report praised Pennsylvania…
Nov 16, 2013It would extend digital privacy protections to teens 13-15 Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) aren't giving up on…
Nov 14, 2013Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation today that would impose new restrictions on companies' ability to collect data from children.…
Nov 14, 2013By now, it’s no surprise when California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issues a press release, and the one that came Tuesday commemorated…
Nov 13, 2013Nebraska consumers have seen the nation's biggest percentage increase in auto insurance rates since 1988, a consumer group said Tuesday in recommending…
Nov 13, 2013Squeezed between Obamacare's twin goals of containing health care costs and upgrading medical benefits, insurance companies are squeezing back. Welcome to the…
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