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News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

Options Exist for Funding Expansion of Light Rail

The Arizona PIRG Education Fund released a report outlining funding options that transportation officials can explore to expand the light rail system in the Phoenix metro area.

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Report | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

How & Why to Fund Light Rail in the Phoenix Metro Area

This Arizona PIRG Education Fund report outlines funding options that transportation officials can explore to expand the light rail system in the Phoenix metro area and why expanding the light rail is important.

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News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

Maricopa Association of Governments Urged to Adopt Safeguard for Privatization Deals

The Arizona PIRG Education Fund provided the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Transportation Policy Committee with privatization principles to protect the public interest in these deals as MAG entered into a policy discussion about public/private partnerships in the region.

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News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Consumer Protection

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher Price Announce Recall of 11 Million Dangerous Toys

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Health Canada and Fisher Price announced the recall of 11 million childrens’ products. The products include tricycles that pose a risk of injury because of protruding key, toy car sets and infant toys with detachable small parts that pose choking hazards, and high chairs that pose a risk of laceration injury.

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News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Budget, Health Care

Review on Ombudsmen Offices in Arizona Released

The Arizona PIRG Education Fund released a white paper Mediating for Citizens: Ombudsmen in Arizona, which provides detailed information about the ombudsmen offices in the state.  Ombudsman offices provide an outlet for citizens to resolve legitimate grievances with government agencies.

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News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

Funding Decisions Missed Opportunity to Make Progress on Transportation

A new report based on official data of the states’ American Reinvestment and Recovery Act transportation funding decisions thus far found that Arizona failed to capitalize on an opportunity to invest in a 21st Century Transportation System.

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News Release | Arizona PIRG | Budget

Bailout Transparency Improves, But Still Falls Far Short

The administration’s efforts to bring transparency and accountability to the $700 billion bailout squeaks by earning mostly “Cs” on Arizona PIRG'S latest Bailout Report Card.  While the grades are not impressive, they do represent an improvement from the first Bailout Report Card for the previous administration, which earned almost entirely “Fs.”

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News Release | Arizona PIRG | Financial Reform

PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW CREDIT SAFETY AGENCY FOR CONSUMERS

State and national consumer protection organizations applauded President Obama’s proposal to create a new federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency to ensure the safety, fairness and sustainability of credit. The agency would have broad powers to ensure that credit and payment products do not have predatory or deceptive features that can harm consumers or lock them into unaffordable loans.

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News Release | Arizona PIRG | Transportation

Over 100 Diverse Groups Tell Congress: Spend Smarter on Transportation

A diverse coalition of over 100 major national, state, and local organizations have rallied behind two U.S. Senators' effort to transform transportation policy by increasing use of public transit, passenger rail and non-motorized transportation, and by reducing driving miles.

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News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

Study Shows Signs for Caution on Private Roads

A new report released today identifies problems in a national trend toward private toll roads. The study Public Roads, Private Costs: The Facts About Toll Road Privatization and How to Protect the Public examines 15 completed private road projects and 79 others that are proposed or underway.

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