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High-Speed Rail: Public Private or Both?
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Monday, July 18, 2011 New Report Examines Whether High-Speed Rail Should Be Public, Private or Both HSR-PublicPrivateBoth-USPIRG-July-19-2011.pdf...
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10 Reasons We Need The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Now
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, July 21, 2011 tenreasonsweneedcfpbfinal19julywcover.pdf For years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse, federal bank regulators...
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Apples to Twinkies
Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Apples-to-Twinkies-web-vUS.pdf America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially hard. Childhood obesity rates have tripled...
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Fixing it First
Released by: Florida PIRG Release date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 Data Shows 290 Bridges in Florida Remain Structurally Deficient on Eve of Obama Bridge Speech...
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Is Medicaid Reform Good for Taxpayers?
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 FLPIRG-Report---Medicaid-Bad-for-Taxpayers---Oct2011.pdf Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers passed legislation (HB...
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Caution: Red Light Cameras Ahead
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, October 27, 2011 New Report Outlines Problems with Red-Light and Speed Cameras FLP-Caution-Red-Light-Cameras-Ahead.pdf Privatized...
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Trouble in Toyland
Release date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 USPIRG_Trouble_In_Toyland.pdf The 2011 Trouble in Toyland report is our 26th annual survey of toy safety. In this report, we provide safety guidelines for...
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Representation Without Taxation
Released by: Florida PIRG Release date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 FLP RepTax Cover.pdf Marking the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United vs. Federal Election...
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Following the Money 2012
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Florida Receives D on Transparency of Government Spending But Still Makes Important Progress Following the Money...
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Apples to Twinkies 2012
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Ag Subsidies Pay for 21 Twinkies per Taxpayer, But Only Half of an Apple Apiece Apples to Twinkies vFL.pdf Executive...
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Trouble in Toyland 2012
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012FLP Toyland2012.pdfGet our Toy Safety shopping tips here.Check out our mobile site with shopping tips on your...
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Transparency in City Spending
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013FLPIRG_Transparency_in_City_Spending_v6_screen.pdfThe ability to see how government uses the public purse is...
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Following the Money 2013
Released by: Florida PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013Florida Receives an “A-” in Annual Report on Transparency of Government...
View ArticleA New Direction
The Driving Boom—a six decade-long period of steady increases in per-capita driving in the United States—is over. The time has come for America to hit the “reset” button on transportation...
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Without a new plan, on July 1 the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans will double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. In Florida, 462,048 federal student loan borrowers will be impacted.
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The 2013 Trouble in Toyland report is the 28th annual U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) survey of toy safety. In this report, U.S. PIRG provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing...
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