Federal consumer protection bill draws praise, wariness
Maryland PIRG Protecting Consumers Gazette.Net Friday, November 6, 2009 C. Benjamin Ford Federal legislation intended to add new protections for financial products is drawing some opposition from...
View ArticleLegislating Toxic Chemicals
Maryland PIRG Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland WAMU 88.5 Friday, January 22, 2010 Stephanie Kaye Maryland's Public Interest Research Group is looking to get new bans on certain chemicals. "We can...
View ArticleRuling: Influence peddling or free speech?
Maryland PIRG Protecting Consumers Gazette.Net Friday, January 22, 2010 Erin Cunningham Republicans are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to relax campaign-finance laws regulating...
View ArticleWhat's in your child's sippy cup?
Maryland PIRG Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland The Washington Post Monday, February 8, 2010 Jenny Levin The Food and Drug Administration recently reversed its position on bisphenol A (BPA), used in baby...
View ArticleBill Would Ban Children's Cups Containing BPA
Maryland PIRG Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland WBALTV 11 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 WBAL-11 ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- There's a push in Annapolis to ban a toxic chemical that is used in making children's sippy...
View ArticleFast track the citizens united bill
US PIRG Huffington Post Friday, February 19, 2010 Lisa Gilbert Not so long ago, "Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission" was just a pending obscure decision facing the Supreme Court. But...
View ArticleSenate passes BPA ban in bottles, cups for small children
Maryland PIRG Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland The Baltimore Sun Friday, February 26, 2010 Meredith Cohn A bill to ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby bottles and infants' cups passed its final hurdle...
View ArticleSchool Supplies Can Contain Toxic Materials
Maryland PIRG Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland WBALTV 11 Sunday, August 8, 2010 WBAL-11 Maryland PIRG Public Health Associate Jenny Levin discusses toxic chemicals in school supplies on WBAL. Maryland...
View ArticleState Senator Urges Expansion of BPA Ban in Children's Products
Maryland PIRG Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland Southern Maryland Online Thursday, February 10, 2011 Madhu Rajaraman ANNAPOLIS (February 10, 2010) - Sen. Brian E. Frosh, D-Montgomery, wants to expand the...
View ArticleFinancial aid award letters often lack transparency and wind up confusing...
The Baltimore Sun Sunday, June 17, 2012 Eileen Ambrose Financial aid award letters often lack transparency and wind up confusing students and parents Colleges adopting a standardized award letter...
View ArticleLocal Students Feel Pinch of Loan Rate Increase
Students in our area are feeling the pinch after federal student loans doubled starting July 1. Watch online.
View ArticleCalvert Cliffs nuclear plant at risk for ‘early retirement,’ report says
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant was listed as one of almost 40 nuclear reactors across the U.S. that is at risk of closing early, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy and the...
View ArticleBottle bill would boost recycling in Maryland
As Gov. Martin O'Malley points out in his newly launched comprehensive climate plan, less than 25 percent of our bottles and cans are being recycled. This means more leaky landfills, dirtier air from...
View ArticleSome TV stations rise to challenge of covering Baltimore's bloody summer
O'Doherty also pointed to a report in January by the Maryland PIRG Foundation, which self-identifies as a consumer advocate organization, that gave Baltimore a B+ in transparency. The grades were...
View ArticleMarylanders are driving less, report says
You may not notice it from your daily commute but Marylanders are driving less. Marylanders have cut their per-person driving miles by 4 percent since 2005, according to a new report from the Maryland...
View ArticleEnd of 'driving boom' spurs talk of reshaping state transportation plans
Young adults in Maryland and across the country are shifting away from cars, report says.
View ArticleDriving down in Maryland and across nation; group asks for more transit...
Marylanders drove their vehicles 4% fewer miles from 2005 to 2011, mirroring a general driving decline across the country, according to a report released Thursday by the Maryland PIRG Foundation.
View ArticleMarylanders cut back on driving
Marylanders are driving less these days, according to a report by the Maryland PIRG Foundation, a public interest research group.
View ArticlePayday lenders move online as regulators crack down
The banner ad atop the website features a wide-eyed baby cradled in an adult's hands with the words, "Did that special vacation for two end up producing a third? Castle Payday has life's unexpected...
View ArticleTechnology driving younger generations' shift away from cars, study finds
New car-sharing services, travel applications and other technological tools are contributing to the broader shift away from driving among Americans, especially younger ones interested in digital...
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