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Once Again - Protecting Consumers from the High Cost and Risk of Nuclear Power | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Once Again - Protecting Consumers from the High Cost and Risk of Nuclear Power. It made a huge difference. Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics. Democracy For The People. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Making Health Care Work. Get our RSS feed. Are you a student? We're teaming up with big restaurant chains to stop the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Call on KFC to stop selling meat raised on routine antibiotics. IOWA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP.
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Consumer Protection | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. News Release U.S. PIRG. The Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule for Investment Advice. US PIRG federal legislative director Jerry Slominski on The Release of the Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule for Investment Advice. Read more about The Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule for Investment Advice. CFPB Adding Consumer Ratings of Company Responses to Complaint Database. Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Read more about Good news! News Release U.S. PIRG. Monday, July 18, 2016.
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Democracy For The People | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Democracy For The People. US PIRG is pushing back against big money in our elections and working to institute a system of small donor incentive programs, to amplify the voices of the American people over corporations, Super PACs and the super wealthy. Image: Flickr User: Joe Shlabotnik - Creative Commons. Super PACs and Super Wealthy Dominate Elections. This disparity was also on full display in the 2012 presidential election. Donors who each gave less than $200. Ho...
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Ed Mierzwinski | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Contact person by email. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Task Force. He has had recent articles in the. Journal of Consumer Affairs. He is a 2003 recipient of Privacy International’s Brandeis Award for privacy protection efforts and a 2006 recipient of the Consumer Federation of America’s. Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award. For his efforts on Wall Street reform, in both 2010 and 2011 The Hill newspaper selected him as a Top Lobbyist. Awardee, and in 2011.
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We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database. Friday, June 26, 2015. Statement of Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director. Despite enormous opposition from banks, credit bureaus and other firms, the CFPB this week announced. Over 10,000 of our members joined us in comments to the CFPB in support of this important expansion proposal. Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics. Democracy For The People. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Get our RSS feed.
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New Transparency in Government Spending for Iowans | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. New Transparency in Government Spending for Iowans. After grading Iowa with an "F" in government spending transparency with our report. Following the Money: How States Rank in Providing Public Access to Government Spending Data. Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics. Democracy For The People. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Making Health Care Work. Get our RSS feed. Are you a student? IOWA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP. 3209 Ingersoll Ave., Ste. 210-A. Des Moines, IA 50312.
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Tax | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Report Iowa PIRG Education Fund and the Frontier Group. Following the Money 2016. Read more about Following the Money 2016. Closing the Billion Dollar Loophole. New report tells how some states have found a simple reform to reclaim significant revenue lost to offshore tax havens. Includes estimates of how much each state loses in state revenue to offshore tax haven abuse and how much each state would gain by closing the "water's edge" loophole. News Release Iowa PIRG.
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Over 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Mario K. Salazar. Over 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor. Consumers Support Closing Retirement Advice Loophole. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Today the U.S. Public Interest Research Group submitted comments to the Department of Labor from 7,244 consumers across the country in support of a strong rule that would require financial professionals to act in the best interests of the hard-working Americans that turn to them for retirement advice. A strong rule from th...
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Stop The Overuse Of Antibiotics on Factory Farms | Iowa PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Stop The Overuse Of Antibiotics on Factory Farms. A GROWING THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that at least 23,000 Americans die every year from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and warns that the widespread overuse of antibiotics on factory farms is putting our health at risk. WHAT IF ANTIBIOTICS STOPPED WORKING? ANTIBIOTIC OVERUSE ON FACTORY FARMS. But, instead of treating sick animals with antibiotics when they get an inf...