Sentences with phrase «public interest research»

Speaking on The Capitol Pressroom this morning, Jessica Wisneski of Citizen Action and Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group said Cuomo should fulfill his campaign pledge of pushing for a New York City - style form of public financing for political campaigns.

NYPIRG Report: Over 100,000 Campaign Law Violations in Last Cycle A report by the New York Public Interest Research Group found that there were 103,805 violations of New York State's campaign finance laws between January 2011 and January 2013.

New York State Public Interest Research Group Executive Director Blair Horner is in the studio to talk state politics.

The U.S. federation of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) is releasing a report that criticizes the latest Bush budget, which moves $ 3.2 billion in transit money to, guess what, highways.

He was a cofounder of the Fund for Public Interest Research, Environmental Endowment for New Jersey, and Green Corps.

New Delhi, India About Blog A Public Interest Research and Advocacy Organisation that Promotes Environmentally Sound and Equitable Development Strategies Frequency about 4 posts per month.

The Vermont Public Interest Research Group praised the vote, saying, «it brings Vermont one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ban the dirty and dangerous practice of fracking.

In a 2002 report, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group found the following: «More than half of consumers who called their credit card company to complain about their high annual interest rates were successful in reducing those rates by an average of one - third.»

Participants include Citizens Union; Common Cause NY; League of Women Voters of NYS; NY Public Interest Research Group; and Reinvent Albany.

Asked about the charge from Blair Horner of the New England Public Interest Research Group that there were «cricket sounds» from state leaders on proposed ethics reforms, Cuomo offered a defense.

A few years after finishing school, he joined the Colorado Public Interest Research Group (PIRG).

Participants in the coalition — 1000 Friends of New Mexico, Greater Albuquerque Spokespeople, New Mexico Public Interest Research Group, Sage Council, and Southwest Research and Information Center — have been active in the Quail Ranch case since the mid-1990s.

Diane Brown, executive director of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group, talks to college students about the benefits of buying health coverage on the exchanges.

The Washington Post quoted Ed Mierzwinski of the U.S Public Interest Research Group as saying the form is «just another disappointing generic disclosure.»

Ken Ward has 25 years leadership and campaigning experience with the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, Greenpeace USA, Public Interest GRFX, and the National Environmental Law Center.

The grant to Columbia Journalism School was directed at «public interest research into what the fossil fuel industry understood about the science of climate change and how they acted given that understanding both internally and regarding the public,» but it did not target Exxon Mobil specifically, Wasserman said.»

Butler also served as the National Organizing Director for American Lands Alliance, the Director of Missouri Public Interest Research Group, and graduated from Green Corps» Environmental Leadership Training Program, where she received the third Alumni Achievement Award ever given by Green Corps.

To register for the LexisNexis Associates Serving Public Interests Research (ASPIRE) Program, graduating students go here to log in, complete the form, and submit the required documentation.

These articles are prompted by research done by the Ohio Public Interest Research Group and the report they authored Troubles in Toyland.

On July 15, 2011, a United States federal appeals court rejected in part a constitutional challenge filed by the American public interest research center, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

«What I can say to you is that I find it very, very interesting that the court broke on a 5 / 3/1, and that is really, really rare,» says Ranjan K. Agarwal, a partner at Bennett Jones in Toronto who represented an intervener in the case, the Alberta Public Interest Research Group.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group says it's an attempt to break the gridlock on ethics changes.

A quarter of U.S. households» credit reports contain errors serious enough to result in denial of credit, loans, and even jobs, a June report by U.S. Public Interest Research Group says.

It is insult added to injury when an official succeeds in defending themselves and then has the state reimburse their campaign fund, which can then be used for anything they want,» said Blair Horner, director of New York State Public Interest Research Group.

Corporations Donate $ 670,000 to New York State Candidates, Save $ 2.4 Billion in Taxes A December report from the US Public Interest Research Group showed that America loses nearly $ 150 billion to corporate tax havens each year.

New Delhi, India About Blog A Public Interest Research and Advocacy Organisation that Promotes Environmentally Sound and Equitable Development Strategies Frequency about 4 posts per month.

The Vermont Public Interest Research Group is asking legislators and the Secretary of State to make key changes in Vermont's campaign finance law pertaining to the super-spending political action committees.

As the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group sees it, «With everyone claiming the same revenue streams, there isn't enough money to go around.

The New York Public Interest Research Group in a letter to the state Board of Elections identifies three different ways companies seek to circumvent the state's campaign limits through a network of limited liability companies.

In 2000, average student - loan debt per graduate was only $ 17,000 — less than half of today's figure — according to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

A 2004 study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group found that one in four reports contains an error serious enough to deny you credit or employment.

Emma Boorboor, election reform campaign director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), told me that in October 2015, she sent a letter to Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb and two other Vanguard employees outlining her concerns with the mutual fund company's voting policies with respect to corporate political disclosure.

«If you're going to have free markets, they've got to be fair,» said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- In a story Nov. 26 about toy safety, The Associated Press, relying on information from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, reported erroneously that toy jewelry rings that tested positive for excessive lead were purchased at...

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«All of these party committees do this,» said Blair Horner, the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Consider this chart from the brilliant Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group, showing how many words on the campaign websites are devoted actual policy ideas for the next four - year term:

Via spreadsheet meister Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group, here's a look at the latest campaign finance top lines.

«What's going to happen, we don't know yet,» said Blair Horner, the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Numbers - crunching poobah Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group has compile another one of his patented spreadsheets on campaign finance filers up until this point.

This was all called to our attention this morning via Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who is an astute student of state political history.

Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group believes that it's the first time state lawmakers are even acknowledging the existence of campaign accounts that remain alive and active long after the intended benificiary has met their final reward.

«Probably no one in the past generation has had as much an impact on the way Albany does its business than Preet Bharara,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«The legislature does two - thirds of their bills in the month of June alone,» said Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group.