New Report: Connecticut Receives a “B” in Annual Report on Transparency of...
Connecticut received a B when it comes to government spending transparency, according to “Following the Money 2014: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data,” the...
View ArticleSpirit Is Most Complained-About Airline
Spirit Airlines passengers are most likely to complain about their experience, according to a report released today by the ConnPIRG Education Fund. Among major airlines, Spirit generates the most...
View ArticleOffshore Tax Havens Cost Average Connecticut Taxpayer $2,537 a Year,...
As hardworking Americans file their taxes today, it’s a good time to be reminded of how ordinary taxpayers pick up the tab for the loopholes in our tax laws. Every year, corporations and wealthy...
View ArticleHouse Sends Transformative Recycling Bill To Governor's Desk
With a 144-0 vote, the House followed the Senate in passing Senate Bill 27, AAC Connecticut's Recycling and Materials Management Strategy. The Senate passed the bill unanimously on Friday.
View ArticleStudy: 70% of Fortune 500 Companies Used Tax Havens in 2013
Tax loopholes encouraged more than 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies – including General Electric, United Technologies and Priceline.com in Connecticut – to maintain subsidiaries in offshore tax...
View ArticleStop the Superbugs
Local doctors called upon the Obama Administration today to immediately restrict the use of antibiotics on factory farms when animals are not sick. The doctors are part of a nationwide coalition of...
View ArticleSome Good, Some Bad in Obama Executive Order on Protecting Antibiotics
Today, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order – Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. While the order takes several important steps necessary to control the spread of antibiotic-resistant...
View ArticleMalloy Administration Executive Orders are a “strong start” on Connecticut...
An examination of the content and implementation of two executive orders issued by Governor Malloy intended to increase government transparency
View ArticleNew Report Shows Mounting Evidence of Millennials’ Shift Away from Driving
Our new report shows that the marked decrease in the average number of miles traveled by young Americans appears likely to continue, even as the economy improves, based on the consistency of...
View ArticleNew Poll Reveals Overwhelming Majority of Doctors Concerned About Antibiotics...
The overwhelming majority of doctors--a total of 93 percent--are concerned about the common meat industry practice of using antibiotics on healthy animals for growth promotion and disease prevention,...
View ArticleSurvey Finds Dangerous Toys on Store Shelves
Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, according to the Connecticut Public Interest Research Group’s 29th annual Trouble in Toyland report. The survey of hazardous toys...
View ArticleHartford 61st Among 70 Major American Cities For High-Tech Transportation...
The report compares cities based on the presence of these new technologies, including ride sourcing services like Uber and Lyft, car sharing services like Zipcar, bike share and ride sharing systems,...
View ArticleMcDonald’s announces plan to cut overuse of antibiotics in chicken
McDonald’s announced a new policy today to curb the overuse of antibiotics in raising the chickens that ultimately become McNuggets or other McDonald’s products.
View ArticlePIRG Commends Release of Labor Dept.'s Proposed Rule To End Conflicted...
PIRG today commended the public release of the Department of Labor’s proposed rule that would strengthen the ability for Americans to save for retirement by addressing conflicts of interest that arise...
View ArticlePIRG Commends Supporters of Duckworth Amendment to Protect Our Troops From...
Last night, on a 32-30 bipartisan vote, the House Armed Services Committee supported the Tammy Duckworth (IL) amendment to strike language from the National Defense Authorization Act that would have...
View ArticleConnPIRG Hails General Assembly’s Passage of First-in-the-Nation Student Loan...
In the last 36 hours of the legislative session, the General Assembly passed two ConnPIRG-backed pieces of legislation designed to make college more affordable. The Student Loan Bill of Rights will...
View ArticleBroad Array of Public Interest Groups Call on Subway, the World’s Largest...
A letter signed by nearly 60 public interest, medical, public health, environmental and animal welfare organizations was delivered to Subway Founder and CEO Fred DeLuca and Senior VP Suzanne Greco...
View ArticleWe Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database
Yesterday, the CFPB published the first batch (7,700) of consumer narratives or stories to the Public Consumer Complaint Database it began in 2011. We've used the database to publish five reports (so...
View ArticleNew study shows potential impact of a small donor matching program on 2016...
Candidates in the 2016 presidential race would see a dramatic shift in their fundraising, and have a powerful incentive to focus more on small donors under a proposed small donor public financing...
View ArticleStatement on Experian Breach of T-Mobile Customer Data
In the wake of a massive data breach affecting Experian’s computers holding 15 million files of T-Mobile hacked customers and applicants, we question why the firms are offering credit monitoring...
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