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8/3/2007
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Consumers in Massachusetts have won a great victory against the growing crime of identity theft. | |
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8/17/2006
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New study released entitled Sunshine for California: Shining Light on Corporate Tax Secrecy for Healthier State Budgets, Investments, and Markets. The white paper highlights the most common corporate tax abuses and calls for increased transparency in corporate tax returns, particularly with regards to the large gap between the profits companies report to tax authorities and their own shareholders. | |
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8/1/2007
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Ten consumer groups urged Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes and Governor Deval Patrick to continue a longstanding ban on unfair and discriminatory auto insurance practices in Massachusetts. The Commissioner’s July 16th decision to establish an assigned risk plan appears to allow insurers to deny motorists a policy based on factors such as education, credit scores, and home ownership. Ending the ban on the use of these factors is expected to harm drivers throughout Massachusetts, especially low-income drivers. | |
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6/26/2007
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The Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 583, the Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Prevention Act, to improve the safeguarding of personal information and give consumers increased protections. | |
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6/19/2007
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Today, Governor Kulongoski signed four bills into law to protect consumers from predatory financial services, and put an end to payday and title loans’ triple-digit percent interest rates. | |
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5/9/2007
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The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a comprehensive identity theft protection bill today that gives consumers the ability to “freeze” their credit reports to stop would-be thieves from opening credit in their name, and requires businesses and government agencies to notify consumers if enough of their personal information that could be used to commit identity theft is lost or stolen. | |
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5/22/2007
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Statement to the Corporate Tax Code Commission urging support for the closing of the tax loopholes which Governor Patrick filed earlier this year. | |
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5/22/2007
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Business leaders from across the state are calling for closing of tax loopholes before the “Special Commission” studying Governor Patrick’s proposal to close tax loopholes at the State House. | |
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5/10/2007
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Today, the House Finance Committee held a hearing on “combined reporting”, an accounting reform that would prevent multi-state companies from shifting profits to out-of-state subsidiaries as a way to avoid Pennsylvania taxes. Reform would close loopholes used by out-of-state businesses to avoid state taxes; expert testifies that growing national practice could ease burden on many businesses and residents. | |
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5/10/2007
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The Massachusetts Senate joined the House in passing an identity theft protection bill today that gives consumers the ability to “freeze” their credit reports to stop would-be thieves from opening credit in their name, and requires businesses and government agencies to notify consumers if enough of their personal information that could be used to commit identity theft is lost or stolen. | |
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3/21/2007
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The House State Affairs Committee heard testimony Monday and early Tuesday from a large number of aggrieved citizens and several consumer advocacy groups on how to reform the Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) and the Home Lemon Law. | |
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2008-01-02
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California’s consumers are “Still in the Dark” when it comes to who has access to their personal information according to a privacy report released today by the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG). | |
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2/20/2007
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The Texas Legislature should combat identity theft by approving Senate Bill 222, filed by Senator Rodney Ellis. | |
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12/27/2006
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Beginning Monday, January 1, Illinois consumers will have access to a powerful new tool to stop identity thieves from opening new credit in their names. | |
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11/01/2007
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A new law goes into effect today that will give consumers new protections against the crime of identity theft. | |
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10/10/2007
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The final auto insurance regulations, issued by Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes on October 5, 2007, include significant loopholes that will undermine competition and harm consumers, concluded MASSPIRG and the Center for Insurance Research. | |
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1/3/2007
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Today, Governor Granholm signed into law a bill that will help prevent what continues to be the fastest growing crime in America – identity theft. | |
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1/25/2007
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Today the Senate Finance committee in the General Assembly will consider legislation to give consumers a powerful tool to prevent identity theft before it starts. | |
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03/27/2008
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Students overwhelmingly support limits on campus credit card marketing, according to the results of a nationwide USPIRG survey of more than 1500 students at 40 colleges in 14 states. | |