Tax Dollars Subsidizing Junk Food
CoPIRG Stop Subsidizing Obesity KDVR Fox 31 Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Dave Young DENVER – In the middle of a nationwide crisis in childhood obesity your tax dollars are helping make kids even...
View ArticleOpinion: Glass Half Full...of Corn Syrup
CoPIRG Stop Subsidizing Obesity Health Policy Solutions Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Danny Katz There was good news and bad news in a recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the state...
View ArticleBank of America leads charge in fee changes
CoPIRG KDVR Fox 31 Friday, September 30, 2011 DENVER – Bank of America customers will now pay $5 a month for purchases they make with their debit cards as the bank moves to recoup an estimated $6.6...
View ArticleThe Other Side of the Street, Energy Cost Savings
CoPIRG Energy Efficient Colorado KKCO NBC11 Wednesday, October 12, 2011 GRAND JUNCTION, Colo (KKCO) -- A new report shows thousands of Coloradans are missing out on energy cost savings based on what...
View ArticleThousands Missing Out on Energy Rebates
CoPIRG Energy Efficient Colorado KJCT8 Wednesday, October 12, 2011 GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- A new report shows thousands of Coloradans are missing out on energy savings because of the side of the...
View ArticleLocal Health-care education is urged
CoPIRG Making Health Care Work Better The Durango Herald Monday, November 7, 2011 Dale Rodebaugh The more people and small employers know about the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the easier it...
View ArticleHealthy Input
CoPIRG Making Health Care Work Better The Colorado Springs Independent Thursday, November 17, 2011 Chet Hardin To this point, state Senate Bill 200 has probably been best known locally as the measure...
View ArticleAnnual Survey Lists Potentially Unsafe Toys
CoPIRG CBS4 Denver Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Kathy Walsh DENVER (CBS4) – As Coloradans gear up for holiday shopping it’s important to know what’s safe for the children. Once again there is trouble in...
View ArticleListeria outbreak highlights oversight limitations
CoPIRG Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Dave Young DENVER — The Listeria contamination traced to a Colorado cantaloupe farm was the worst foodborne illness outbreak in nearly a century, and yet the Food and...
View ArticleColorado lawmaker proposes BPA ban
CoPIRG KDVR Fox 31 Monday, February 20, 2012 Nina Sparano DENVER – There are big concerns about the chemical Biphenol-A, better known as BPA. Now some Colorado lawmakers want to rid our state of that...
View ArticleAmericans driving less, using public transit more, says report
CoPIRG Foundation 21st Century Transportation for Colorado The Denver Post Thursday, April 5, 2012 Monte Whaley A report released today by CoPIRG — the Colorado Public Interest Research Group...
View ArticleCollege Students Getting Refunds On Debit Cards
CoPIRG Foundation CBS 4 Denver Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Jodi Brooks The U.S. Public Interest Research Group came out with a study in May called “The Campus Debit Card Trap”. U.S. PIRG is a consumer...
View ArticleBank fees a mile higher in Denver area
CoPIRG The Denver Post Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Steve Raabe "Consumers are very aware of these fees," said Danny Katz, director of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, a consumer advocacy...
View ArticleRaising the Youth Voice in Grand Junction
CoPIRG Foundation The Grand Junction Free Press Friday, September 28, 2012 Sharon Sullivan As a volunteer for the New Voters Project, a nonpartisan effort to register young people to vote on Election...
View ArticleAmendment 65: Voters, not money, should drive elections
CoPIRG Reclaiming Our Democracy The Denver Post Sunday, September 30, 2012 Danny Katz and Elena Nunez Six days and 14 hours. According to a recent analysis by the students of CU News Corps, that's how...
View ArticleColorado Votes: The Big Ballot Questions
CoPIRG Reclaiming Our Democracy Colorado Public Radio Thursday, October 25, 2012 Elaine Grant Colorado Public Radio reviews Amendment 65 Related topics Democracy
View ArticleAuto Shop Estimates Suggest Unnecessary Reparis
CoPIRG 7 News - ABC Sunday, February 24, 2013Keli RabonA hidden camera investigation by the CALL7 Investigators found recommendations for a single vehicle from 10 Denver metro area auto mechanics...
View ArticlePrivate groups may oversee more local roads
By privatizing roadways, officials hand over significant control of regional transportation policy to people only accountable to their shareholders, according to a study done in 2009 by the U.S. Public...
View ArticleColorado Road Money Can Now Be Used on Transit Projects
A new state law that quietly moved through this year's legislature gives cities and counties unprecedented freedom to spend tax dollars on transportation projects other than roads and bridges.
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