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Trouble in Toyland: The 26th Annual Survey of Toy Safety
Release date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Survey Finds Toxic or Dangerous Toys on Store Shelves Maryland_PIRG_Trouble_In_Toyland.pdf The 2011 Trouble in Toyland report is our 26th annual survey of toy...
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Hidden Hazards in the Nursery
Released by: Maryland PIRG, WTC, Safer States Release date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 State Lawmakers Address Hidden Hazards In the Nursery HiddenHazards_1-10-12FINALSTATESOPT.pdf Parents expect the...
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Representation Without Taxation
Release date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Thirty Fortune 500 Companies Paid More to Lobby Congress than they Did in Federal Income Taxes USP-RepTax-Report.pdf Marking the second anniversary of the...
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Too Close to Home
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Nukes &H2O cover PRINTvMD.pdf The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which took place in March 2011, delivered a...
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Following the Money
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Monday, March 19, 2012 Following the Money vMD.pdf The ability to see how government uses the public purse is fundamental to democracy. Transparency...
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Transportation and the New Generation
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, April 5, 2012 Transportation the New Generation vUS.pdf Today’s youth are leading this decline in vehicle-miles traveled. Some young...
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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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The Campus Debit Card Trap
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 md_debitcardtrapfinal_may2012.pdf Are Bank Partnerships Fair To Students?
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Apples to Twinkies 2012:
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Ag Subsidies Pay for 21 Twinkies per Taxpayer, But Only Half of an Apple Apiece Apples to Twinkies vMD.pdf At a time when...
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Million-Dollar Megaphones
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Demos Release date: Thursday, August 2, 2012 New Report Details Latest Numbers on Outside Spending, Secret Money, and Super PAC Fundraising for 2012 Elections...
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TOXIC SPENDING
Released by: Common Cause Release date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012Common Cause Report: Toxic SpendingEXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe chemical industry’s successful campaign to prevent Congress from strengthening...
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TOTAL FOOD RECALL: UNSAFE FOODS PUTTING AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012NEW REPORT: AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK FROM UNSAFE FOODSTotal Food RecallThe task of eliminating recalls and reducing...
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Distorted Democracy: Post-Election Edition
Released by: Maryland PIRG and Demos Release date: Monday, November 12, 2012Distorted Democracy- Post-Election Edition.pdfOur new analysis of data through Election Day from the Federal Election...
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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)...
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TROUBLE IN TOYLAND
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012MDP Toyland2012.pdfExecutive Summary The 2012 Trouble in Toyland report is the 27th annual U.S. Public Interest Research...
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What America Could Do with $150 Billion Lost to Offshore Tax Havens
Released by: Maryland PIRG Release date: Thursday, December 6, 2012First Step to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff: Close Offshore Tax LoopholesUSPTaxHavens Cost $150 billion.pdfMany corporations and wealthy...
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Subsidizing Bad Behavior
Released by: U.S. PIRG Release date: Thursday, January 3, 2013Subsidizing Bad Behavior.pdfCorporations accused of wrongdoing commonly settle legal disputes with government regulators out of court....
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Billion Dollar Democracy
Released by: Demos and Maryland PIRG Release date: Thursday, January 17, 2013MDP_BillionDollarDemocracy.pdf The Unprecedented Role of Money in the 2012 Elections
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Maryland Children’s Environmental Health Progress Report
Released by: Maryland Environmental Health Network Release date: Thursday, January 17, 2013MEHN-MCEH-Report5.pdfChildren make forts with sofa cushions treated with toxic flame retardants. They breathe...
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Elections Confidential
Released by: US PIRG, Center for Media and Democracy Release date: Thursday, January 17, 2013Elections Confidential WASHINGTON, D.C.— Mystery donors poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the...
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