Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director, on Senate Passage of the Credit CARD Act

Every month or so another AIG story emerges that raises the ire of Congress and the public, at least for a while.

U.S. PIRG commends the U.S. House for its overwhelming passage today of Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY)’s Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights. For too long, owning a credit card company has been a license to steal.

U.S. Senator Kohl, Wisconsin State Representative Gordon Hintz, and WISPIRG student leaders today laid out proposals on the UW Madison campus to address rising credit card debt among college students.

Last night, Congress approved President Obama’s transformational plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system, make college more accessible, and eliminate wasteful subsidies and abusive tax shelters and loopholes.

Statement of U.S. PIRG’s Nicole Tichon on Legislation Expanding Bailout Oversight, Still More To Be Done

3rd in a series of briefings to the media on the need for greater transparency and accountability in the government’s TARP and other Wall Street bailout programs.

2nd in a series of briefings to the media on the need for greater transparency and accountability in the government’s TARP and other Wall Street bailout programs.

With the stimulus package almost a done deal, it is time to refocus on fixing the bailout and the underlying problems that caused the economic crisis.

In an increasingly high-tech marketplace, we trust businesses with more of our personal information than ever before. Yet many companies aren’t as careful as we think—concealing security breaches or questionable sales of information that make consumers vulnerable to identity theft. Fortunately there are some simple steps consumers can take this holiday shopping season to protect themselves.

Statement of U.S. PIRG's Ed Mierzwinski on Defeat of Wall Street Bailout

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.

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).

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.

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.