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Ten Reasons Why We Need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Now
Release date: Thursday, July 21, 2011 tenreasonsweneedcfpb.pdf For years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse, federal bank regulators ignored numerous warnings of increasingly predatory mortgage...
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Apples to Twinkies
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Applies-to-Twinkies-vOH.pdf America is facing an obesity epidemic—one that’s hitting children especially hard....
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Tax-Increment Financing
Released by: Ohio PIRG Release date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Tax-Increment-Financing-vOH-2.pdf Tax-increment financing (TIF) has been a widely used tool for municipalities seeking private...
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Making the Grade
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Making-the-Grade-vUS-WEB.pdf When it comes to health care, there are few magic-bullet solutions for the many problems...
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Caution: Red Light Cameras Ahead
Released by: Ohio PIRG Release date: Thursday, October 27, 2011 Caution-Red-Light-Cameras-Ahead---vOH-web.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Privatized traffic law enforcement systems are spreading rapidly across...
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Trouble In Toyland
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Ohio_PIRG_Trouble_In_Toyland.pdf The 2011 Trouble in Toyland report is our 26th annual survey of toy safety. In this...
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Representation Without Taxation
Released by: Ohio PIRG and Citizens for Tax Justice Release date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 OHP RepTax Cover.pdf Marking the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens...
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Auctioning Democracy
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Monday, February 6, 2012 New Report Released: Auctioning Democracy Ohio.pdf A new report by Ohio PIRG Education Fund and Demos shows an analysis of...
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Picking Up the Tab
Release date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 Picking Up the Tab: Average Citizens and Small Businesses Pay the Price for Offshore Tax Havens Executive Summary Some U.S.-based multinational firms or...
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Apples to Twinkies 2012
Released by: Ohio 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 vOH.pdf At a time when...
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Million Dollar Megaphones
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, September 13, 2012 Million Dollar Megaphones - OHPIRG - 2012.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Although each major party presidential candidate will...
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Total Food Recall
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 OHP TotalFoodRecall Oct 12.pdf No Progress in Reducing Foodborne Illness Over the past few years, Americans have grown...
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Eight Questions about the Future of the Ohio Turnpike
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, November 15, 2012As Ohio Awaits Study of Turnpike Future, Consumer Group Outlines Need for AnswersOH Turnpike 11-15-2012 FINAL.pdfOn...
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Bigger Banks, Bigger Fees
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Friday, November 16, 2012New Survey Shows Free Checking Widely Available At Small Banks But Banks Still Hiding Fees from ConsumersOHP Bank Fees...
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Trouble in Toyland
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012Survey Finds Dangerous Toys on Store ShelvesOHP Toyland2012.pdfExecutive SummaryThe 2012 Trouble in Toyland report is the...
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What America Could Do with $150 Billion Lost to Offshore Tax Havens
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, December 6, 2012Tax Haven Fact Sheet.pdfMany corporations and wealthy individuals use offshore tax havens—countries with minimal or no...
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Subsidizing Bad Behavior
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, January 3, 2013Report Exposes How Taxpayers Bear Cost of Corporate SettlementsSubsidizing Bad Behavior USPIRG EF.pdfBP’s recent $4.5...
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Review of Anthem's Rate Increase on Individual Policies
Released by: CALPIRG Release date: Friday, January 4, 2013Review of Anthem Rate Increase Effective 3/1/13Executive SummaryNearly 340,000 Californians in individual insurance plans will see average...
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Auctioning Democracy
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Monday, February 6, 2012New Report Released: Auctioning DemocracyOhio.pdfA new report by Ohio PIRG Education Fund and Demos shows an analysis of the...
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Outside Spending, Outside Influence
Released by: Ohio PIRG Education Fund Release date: Friday, January 18, 2013Ohio PIRG and Allies Mark Citizens United Anniversary, MLK Day With Large Rally, New Data on Election...
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