Campaign spending: We need to know who's behind the big bucks
WashPIRG Consumer Protection Seattle Times Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Steve Breaux Although recent elections saw more people making small-dollar contributions to political campaigns, their influence was...
View ArticleCampaign finance reform? Amateurs could circumvent this
WashPIRG Consumer Protection News Tribune (Tacoma) Thursday, April 14, 2011 Peter Callaghan About 10 minutes. An hour at most. That’s how long it would take even a marginally skilled political...
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On Tax Day, consumer group urges state taxpayers to protest corporate tax...
WashPIRG Close Corporate Tax Loopholes Seattle PI Monday, April 18, 2011 Rita R. Robison On Tax Day, consumer group urges state taxpayers to protest corporate tax loopholes Big corporations, including...
View ArticleLegislation is a plus for state's consumers
WashPIRG Consumer Protection News Tribune (Tacoma) Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Steve Breaux Let’s face it. The 2011 Legislature will be remembered for one thing: the fierce debate over whose ox was...
View ArticleOBESITY: Farm subsidies make unhealthy food cheap
WashPIRG Stop Subsidizing Obesity News Tribune (Tacoma) Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Steve Breaux Columnist Kathleen Parker bemoans the idea of a “government-enforced nutritional mandate” (column, 5-22)...
View ArticleSenate needs to move forward on confirming new chief for the Consumer...
WashPIRG Consumer Protection NPI Advocate Tuesday, July 19, 2011 There’s good news and bad news for American consumers this week. The good news is that on July 21 the landmark Consumer Financial...
View ArticleHealth Insurers, Forced to Reveal Financial Data, Tamp Down Rate Increase...
WashPIRG Making Health Care Work Seattle Weekly Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Nina Shapiro Last year, a nasty fight erupted between state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and Premera Blue Cross. Kreidler...
View ArticleDeficit 'Super Committee' Selection Sen. Murray Proves Controversial
WashPIRG Consumer Protection Northwest Public Radio Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has named Democrat Patty Murray of Washington to co-chair a powerful "super committee"...
View ArticleForecast: State to take in $1.4 bil in fewer taxes
WashPIRG Consumer Protection Seattle PI Thursday, September 15, 2011 Chris Grygiel The state's tax revenues could come in as much as $1.4 billion lower than previously estimated, a number so big that...
View ArticleWith bad revenue forecast, can special session be far behind?
WashPIRG Consumer Protection Spokesman Review Thursday, September 15, 2011 Jim OLYMPIA – With economic recovery described as “a mirage in the desert” and a projected gap between income and spending...
View ArticleAmend Terrible Farm Bill
WashPIRG The Everett Herald Tuesday, September 18, 2012 The Herald Editorial Board Farm bills, like Christmas trees, are often ornamented with so much tinsel it's hard to discern how exactly they hang...
View ArticleCongress needs to overhaul Farm Bill to cut out Big Ag's pork
WashPIRG The Tacoma News Tribune Thursday, September 20, 2012 MacKenzie Fuentes One of the biggest items Congress has on its to-do list is the farm bill, which expires at the end of September. The...
View ArticleYoung Voters Are Hurt by Outdated Registration Techniques, Not a Mystical...
WashPIRG The Stranger's SLOG Friday, October 12, 2012 Toby Crittenden, Executive Director of the Washington Bus On Monday, the Seattle Times ran an article bemoaning the alleged enthusiasm gap that...
View ArticleStop Subsidizing Junk Food, Big Ag
At a time when obesity rates in Washington are at an all-time high and our country faces tough federal budget choices, current farm policy showers giant agribusinesses with taxpayer handouts that...
View ArticleStop the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms
It’s estimated that 23,000 Americans will die from superbugs — bacteria that are difficult or impossible to treat with antibiotics.
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 ArticleLATimes: Obama's consumer protection legacy defined by aggressive agency
[This weekend, the Los Angele Times chronicled President Obama's consumer protection record, with heavy emphasis on the history and fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):]"[...]...
View ArticleForecast: State to take in $1.4 bil in fewer taxes
The state's tax revenues could come in as much as $1.4 billion lower than previously estimated, a number so big that state lawmakers will have to scramble to come up with a response to the worsening...
View ArticleWith bad revenue forecast, can special session be far behind?
With economic recovery described as “a mirage in the desert” and a projected gap between income and spending growing to $1.4 billion, state officials began setting the stage Thursday for a special...
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