New Study Shows More People Leaving Cars At Home
A new report shows urban Californians are leading a trend of leaving cars at home and choosing bikes or public transit instead. It's a first-of-its-kind survey comparing urban transportation trends
View ArticleReport: More Fresno Commuters ditching their cars
Fresno drivers were in their cars less and using public transit more than a decade ago, a new study showed.The study, "Transportation in Transition," was released by the California Public Interest...
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CALPIRG Study Analyzes Which Credit Card Companies Get The Most Complaints
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— More than 100 million Americans have credit cards and a report released on Tuesday breaks down which companies receive the most complaints.
View ArticleTake Steps to Prevent Chemical Spills
CALPIRG's Legislative Advocate, Garo Manjikian, responds to the Chemical Security Accident in West Virginia in this published letter to the editor in the Sacramento Bee.
View ArticleCollege textbook sticker shock causes students to leave books on the shelves
Oakland Tribune: Two-thirds of college students surveyed said that they hadn't bought a required textbook at least once because it was too expensive, according to a national report released Monday by...
View ArticleAnthem to raise some premiums as much as 25%
Los Angeles Times: "We are very concerned Anthem proposed a rate hike this high without adequate justification," said Emily Rusch, CALPIRG's director.
View ArticleReformers in California assail Supreme Court campaign-finance decision
“We’ve seen what’s happening in Sacramento right now with pay-to-play politics. With this decision, the Supreme Court is codifying pay-to-play politics,” said Austin Price, field director for CALPRIG,...
View ArticleCalifornia gets an “F” for transparency of government spending
California receives an F when it comes to government spending transparency, according to a study by the California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund.
View ArticleSee which airlines get the most and least complaints
Spirit Airlines generated the most complaints per 100,000 passengers and Southwest the least, according to a study released Thursday. The study, by the CALPIRG Education Fund, analyzed complaint data...
View ArticleWhy own a car when you can share one?
CALPIRG Education Fund's recent report, the Innovative Transportation Index, found that San Francisco is a national leader in innovative ways to get around town, second only to Austin, Texas.
View ArticleReport: More Fresno Commuters ditching their cars
Fresno drivers were in their cars less and using public transit more than a decade ago, a new study showed.The study, "Transportation in Transition," was released by the California Public Interest...
View ArticleThe Press Enterprise: Consumer rights group wants cheaper textbooks
“One thing is clear: the current textbook market does not deliver the educational opportunity it can and should,” stated Daniel Kelley, a CALPIRG student member at UC Riverside.
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: Bringing California's government up to speed on digital...
With some exceptions, the typical government website is about a decade behind the technology curve, difficult to navigate and about as effective at promoting transparency as a brick wall. California...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: Consumer groups seek probe into CarMax sales of unrepaired...
Two consumer groups have asked California’s attorney general and the Department of Motor Vehicles to investigate the sales practices of used car giant CarMax. The California Public Interest Research...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: Consumer Bureau Chalks Up Victories
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the little agency Wall Street banks and debt collectors love to hate because it works for consumers, not them," said Emily Rusch, executive director of the...
View Article12 of America's Biggest Highway Boondoggles
Given that expanding highways at great public cost doesn’t improve rush-hour traffic, there are better ways to spend this money, argue report authors Jeff Inglis of Frontier Group and John C. Olivieri...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
"Despite these successes, we need to re-double our efforts to counter new threats from superbugs that increasingly diminish the effectiveness of antibiotics. We will continue to ramp up our consumer...
View ArticleIn-N-Out commitment causes media frenzy
In-N-Out just became the first burger chain in the nation to commit to phase out the use of routine antibiotics from its beef production!
View ArticleSacramento Bee: Public Transit Needs More Investment
The central premise of the recent opinion piece, “Invest tax dollars in roads, not public transportation” is that Californians have given up on public transit, and we need to invest more in roads...
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