Maryland Small Businesses Foot $1 Billion Bill from Offshore Tax Dodging
As Tax Day approaches, it’s important to remember that small businesses end up picking up the tab for offshore tax loopholes used by many large multinational corporations. Today, Maryland PIRG released...
View ArticlePIRG Commends Release of Labor Dept.'s Proposed Rule To End Conflicted...
PIRG today commended the public release of the Department of Labor’s proposed rule that would strengthen the ability for Americans to save for retirement by addressing conflicts of interest that arise...
View ArticleKey MoCo Committee Funds Groundbreaking Fair Elections Program
(Rockville) - The Montgomery County Council held public hearings this week on the proposed FY16 budget. Concerned citizens testified at each hearing, calling on the County Council to put $2 million...
View ArticleMarylanders Speak Out: State Shouldn’t Settle for Exelon’s Repackaged Bid to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a sign of growing opposition to Exelon’s proposed takeover of Pepco, Marylanders from across the state registered their opposition (PDF) to a proposed settlement on the final day...
View ArticlePIRG Commends Supporters of Duckworth Amendment to Protect Our Troops From...
Last night, on a 32-30 bipartisan vote, the House Armed Services Committee supported the Tammy Duckworth (IL) amendment to strike language from the National Defense Authorization Act that would have...
View ArticleNew Report Finds Drivers Pay Less Than Half the Cost of Roads
As Congress struggles to renew the federal transportation law, a new report from the Maryland PIRG Foundation and Frontier Group finds that drivers currently pay less than half the total cost of roads,...
View ArticleMontgomery County Funds Groundbreaking Fair Elections Program
(Rockville) - The Montgomery County Council took an important step forward for fair elections in its FY16 budget by seeding the Public Campaign fund with a $1 million.
View ArticleStatement in Response to Maryland PSC Ruling on Exelon Pepco Merger.
“We are disappointed that the Maryland Public Service Commission voted 3-2 to approve the merger between Chicago-based nuclear power giant Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc. They should have stood up...
View ArticleStatement on Amtrak Derailment
Statement by Maryland PIRG Director Emily Scarr on the May 12th Amtrak derailment along a curved stretch of track near Philadelphia. Reports indicate the train was traveling 106 miles per hour on a...
View ArticleGroups Offer Consumer Tips After Target Data Breach
We joined other leading groups to issue consumer tips after the big retailer Target had 40 million credit and debit card numbers stolen. Our main message: Don't panic. Don't pay for over-priced credit...
View ArticleBroad Array of Public Interest Groups Call on Subway, the World’s Largest...
A letter signed by nearly 60 public interest, medical, public health, environmental and animal welfare organizations was delivered to Subway Founder and CEO Fred DeLuca and Senior VP Suzanne Greco...
View ArticleWe Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database
Yesterday, the CFPB published the first batch (7.700) of consumer narratives or stories to the Public Consumer Complaint Database it began in 2011. We've used the database to publish five reports (so...
View ArticleNew Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer Complaints
BALTIMORE –Mortgage problems were the top source of complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a report by the Maryland PIRG Foundation. The report also found that Bank...
View ArticleTop 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 4 on July 21st. To celebrate and increase public awareness of the agency, U.S. PIRG Education Fund released a new webpage, “Meet the CFPB: Just Ten...
View ArticleOver 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor
Every year, over $17 billion is lost from retirement savings to fees and charges, according to the Council of Economic Advisors. Today, we submitted over 7,000 PIRG member comments urging the U.S....
View ArticleMaryland PIRG Applauds DC PSC for Rejecting Exelon Pepco Merger
We are thrilled that the D.C. Public Service Commission voted to reject the merger between Chicago-based nuclear power giant Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc. Today they stood up for D.C. ratepayers...
View ArticleBaltimore Takes Leadership Role on Chemicals
Today, the Baltimore City Council passed a resolution calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to work quickly to issue a strong rule to make chemical plants safer....
View ArticleMaryland PIRG Demands Real Penalties for Volkswagen and Full Rebates for...
“VW once was a company that brought us iconic cars like the Beetle and the flower-powered microbus, but now VW is just a big cheater,” said Maryland PIRG Director Emly Scarr. “VW CEO Martin Winterkorn...
View ArticleDeepwater Horizon Settlement Comes with Estimated $5.35 Billion Tax Windfall
Today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice of a proposed $20.8 billion out-of-court settlement with BP to resolve charges related to the Gulf Oil spill allows the corporation to write off...
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