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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...

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Legislating 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...

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Ruling: 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...

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What'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...

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Bill 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...

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Fast 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...

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Senate 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...

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School 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...

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State 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...

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Financial 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...

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Local 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. 

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Calvert 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...

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Bottle 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...

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Some 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...

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Marylanders 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...

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End 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.

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Driving 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.

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Marylanders cut back on driving

Marylanders are driving less these days, according to a report by the Maryland PIRG Foundation, a public interest research group.

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Payday 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...

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Technology 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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