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Textbook Publisher’s Twitter Contest Backfires | Student PIRGs
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Together we can make change happen. Textbook Publisher’s Twitter Contest Backfires. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Late Tuesday afternoon, students around the country seized on McGraw-Hill’s twitter contest #usedtextbookproblems and instead used it as an opportunity to criticize the companies excessive prices. The big textbook publishers that are charging $200 a book don’t want students to buy used textbooks it means less profit for them,. Said Ethan Senack, Higher Education Advocate at the Student PIRGs,.
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Why McGraw-Hill Is Offering $100 for Your #usedtextbookproblems | Student PIRGs
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Together we can make change happen. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Why McGraw-Hill Is Offering $100 for Your #usedtextbookproblems. Someone highlighted the entire chapter. #usedtextbookproblems - - Share yours for a change to win $100! That's what college textbook publisher McGraw-Hill's twitter account has been blasting out to their followers the past few days. In many cases, the only way that students can afford the materials they need is by purchasing used or rented textbooks. It's a blatantly transparent att...
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Budget | Maryland PIRG Foundation
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Report Maryland PIRG Foundation. Following the Money 2015. Every year, state governments spend hundreds of billions of dollars through contracts for goods and services, subsidies to encourage economic development, and other expenditures. Accountability and public scrutiny are necessary to ensure that the public can trust that state funds are spent as well as possible. Read more about Following the Money 2015. News Release Maryland PIRG Foundation. Report Maryland PIRG Foundation. Following the Money 2013.
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New Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer Complaints | Maryland PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. New Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer Complaints. Bank of America Receives Most Mortgage Complaints in Maryland. Friday, July 17, 2015. 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 of America was the most complained about company in Maryland for mortgage problems. The CFPB has published 138,086 c...
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Welcome to Maryland PIRG | Maryland PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Welcome to Maryland PIRG. Healthy Kids Healthy Maryland. Don't Trash Maryland. Democracy For The People. Making Health Care Work. Get our RSS feed. Are you a student? You spoke up, and they listened. Subway has announced that they will stop selling meat that's been raised with antibiotics. Get Big Money Out, Voters In. Together, we can take our elections back from the Super PACs and mega-donors that are drowning out the voices of regular Americans. HOW CAN I HELP?
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Ed Mierzwinski | Maryland PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Contact person by email. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Task Force. He has had recent articles in the. Journal of Consumer Affairs. He is a 2003 recipient of Privacy International’s Brandeis Award for privacy protection efforts and a 2006 recipient of the Consumer Federation of America’s. Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award. For his efforts on Wall Street reform, in both 2010 and 2011 The Hill newspaper selected him as a Top Lobbyist. Awardee, and in 2011.
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Broad Array of Public Interest Groups Call on Subway, the World’s Largest Fast-Food Chain: Help Save Antibiotics | Maryland PIRG Foundation
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Broad Array of Public Interest Groups Call on Subway, the World’s Largest Fast-Food Chain: Help Save Antibiotics. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. As a company that prides itself on being a healthy fast food option, Subway should stake out a leadership position by serving meat not raised on antibiotics, said Maryland PIRG Director Emily Scarr. McDonald’s, Panera Bread, Chick-fil-A, and many other chains have responded to growing consumer demand or have been moved by the urgency of saving antibiotics. We n...View ...
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Top 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers | Maryland PIRG Foundation
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Top 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers. USPIRG Celebrates CFPB’s 4th Birthday on Tuesday, July 21, with New Webpage. Monday, July 20, 2015. Washington, D.C. 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 of the Ways It Works for You. Some key accomplishments and resources highlighted on the list:. Access the webpage, Meet the CFPB: Just Ten of th...
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Transportation | Maryland PIRG Foundation
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Good Things Come to Those On Bikes. Monday, May 16, 2016. Pull the bike out of the closet, pump up those tires, and dust off the helmet because it's Bike to Work Week! Read more about Good Things Come to Those On Bikes. Americans are looking for new transportation options. We need a transportation system that reflects and supports the many ways we are now choosing to travel. Read more about 21st Century Transportation. Don’t Believe the Hype Millennials’ Transportation Habits Are Changing. That we releas...
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We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database | Maryland PIRG Foundation
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We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database. Friday, June 26, 2015. Statement of Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director. Despite enormous opposition from banks, credit bureaus and other firms, the CFPB this week announced. Over 10,000 of our members joined us in comments to the CFPB in support of this important expansion proposal. Public Interest Research Groups are non-partisan, non-profit organizations that take on powerful interests on behalf of their members. Maryland ...
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