Maryland Earns “C” in Annual Report on Transparency of Government Spending
For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Baltimore, March 16 – Maryland got a “C” when it comes to openness about government spending, according to Following the Money 2011: How the States Rank...
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Big Banks Bigger Fees
Release date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 New Survey Shows Banks Still Hiding Fees from Consumers MarylandBIGBANKS.pdf Since Congress largely deregulated consumer deposit (checking and savings) accounts...
View ArticleNew Survey Shows Banks Still Hiding Fees from Consumers
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Washington, April 12 – A survey of more than 350 bank branches released today by the Maryland Public Interest Research Group revealed that fewer than half...
View ArticleReining in Wall Street
On July 15, the U.S. Senate passed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act by a count of 60 to 39. The bill reins in Wall Street and protects consumers, investors, and taxpayers from...
View ArticleSenator Carl Levin Introduces Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 "No company or individual should be able to game the tax system to avoid paying what they legitimately owe. And, yet, establishing shell companies in off-shore havens for the...
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10 Reasons We Need the CFPB Now
Release date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 New Consumer Agency Takes Over Thursday as Nation’s Consumer Bank Cop tenreasonsweneedcfpbfinal.pdf For years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse, federal...
View ArticleNew Consumer Agency Takes Over Thursday as Nation’s Consumer Bank Cop
For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Baltimore, MD—Leading consumer groups, today announced the results of a poll showing that an overwhelming majority of likely voters both support a new...
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Apples to Twinkies
Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Taxpayer Subsidies for Junk Food Wasting Billions Applies-to-Twinkies-vMD.pdf America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially...
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Tax Shell Game
Release date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Off-Shore Tax Havens Cost Maryland Taxpayers $470 a Year Tax-Shell-Game-web-vMD.pdf Tax havens are countries with minimal or no taxes, to which U.S.-based...
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Picking Up the Tab
Release date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 Offshore Tax Havens Cost Average Maryland Taxpayers $459 a Year State TaxHavenRpt Apr12-MDP.pdf Some U.S.-based multinational firms or individuals avoid paying...
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BIG BANKS, BIGGER FEES
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, November 15, 2012MarylandBanks12.pdfSince Congress largely deregulated consumer deposit (checking and savings)...
View ArticleNEW SURVEY SHOWS FREE CHECKING WIDELY AVAILABLE AT SMALL BANKS BUT BANKS...
For Immediate Release Thursday, November 15, 2012Ed MierzwinskiA survey of hundreds of banks and credit unions in 24 states and the District of Columbia found that free checking remains available at...
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Big Banks Bigger Fees
Release date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011New Survey Shows Banks Still Hiding Fees from ConsumersMarylandBIGBANKS.pdfSince Congress largely deregulated consumer deposit (checking and savings) accounts...
View ArticleNew Survey Shows Banks Still Hiding Fees from Consumers
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12, 2011Washington, April 12 – A survey of more than 350 bank branches released today by the Maryland Public Interest Research Group revealed that fewer than half...
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Fighting The High Cost Rx Drugs
DRIVING UP THE COST OF RX DRUGSWe all know prescription drugs cost too much. That’s partly because brand-name drug companies have been paying off generic drug makers to delay competition and keep...
View ArticleBanks, Not CFPB, Spy On Consumers
BlogFriday, July 12, 2013Ed MierzwinskiAs an important Tuesday, July 16th Senate showdown vote on the confirmation of Richard Cordray to a full term as director of the CFPB approaches (read a letter of...
View ArticleSENATE CONFIRMS CFPB DIRECTOR CORDRAY
BlogWednesday, July 17, 2013Emily ScarrStatement of Emily Scarr, Maryland PIRG Advocate, on the Senate Confirmation of Richard Cordray to Full Term as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...
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Big Banks, Big Complaints
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, September 17, 2013Big Banks, Big Complaints Report.pdf CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database Gets Real Results for Consumers
View ArticleNew Report Identifies Banks Consumers Complain About Most
For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 17, 2013Joanna GuyNew Report Identifies Banks Consumers Complain About MostMaryland Consumers Resolve Banking Disputes And Chart Trends Through the CFPB’s...
View ArticleMaryland PIRG Condemns Backdoor, Backroom Appropriations Proposal To Gut Wall...
For Immediate Release Wednesday, December 10, 2014Ed MierzwinskiStatement of Consumer Program Director Ed Mierzwinski Opposing Omnibus Appropriations "Rider" To Repeal the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Reform...
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