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FEATURED REPORT

Colorado's Transportation Crossroads:
Priority Transit Projects for the 21st Century

3/09/10:Colorado’s transportation network does a poor job of meeting the needs of the state’s residents. Heavy automobile traffic forces consumers to spend more money at the gas pump, steals time from Colorado families and businesses, makes our air less healthy, deepens our oil dependency, and creates more global warming pollution.
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RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Improving  Beef Standards in Schools

On May 14, 2010, the USDA announces improved safety standards for beef served in school lunches after CoPIRG Foundation staff launched our Safe Food, Healthy Kids campaign.  The new standards will cover beef purchased by the National School Lunch Program, which provides food to 31 million children around the country. The new standards will mean increased testing of the beef and stronger criteria for acceptable meat.

Creating Better Access to Healthcare

On June 16, 2010 CoPIRG Foundation released a comprehensive guide for how the state of Colorado should implement federal health care reform.  Key recommendations focus on the creation of health exchanges that will foster competition among health providers and provide individuals and small businesses with better access to cheaper, higher quality options as well as focusing treatment on primary care.

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RECENT REPORTS

Delivering on the Promise: A State Guide to the Next Steps for Health Care Reform 6/16/2010

This report shows how state policy makers can implement and improve on the recently passed federal health care law to ensure it offers the best deal to consumers

Road Work Ahead: Holding Government Accountable for Fixing America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges 4/28/2010

New Report:Misplaced Highway Spending to Blame for Crumbling Roads and Bridges. Over the last 50 years, America has built roads and bridges at a pace and scale that dwarfs most of the rest of the world. We’ve built a national highway network like no other, with more than 45,000 miles of interstate highway and 575,000 highway bridges.

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MEET OUR STAFF

Danny Katz, State Director

Danny Katz has spent 9 years working for U.S. PIRG, the national federation of state Public Interest Research Groups. He was an assistant organizing director for the Wisconsin PIRG New Voters Project in 2004, which helped to register more than 110,000 18-29 year olds to vote.  

Subsequently, Danny was the organizing director for CALPIRG for 4 years where he oversaw their youth organizing program recruiting, training and mobilizing hundreds of college students each year.  He has been recognized nationally, leading to invitations to run trainings at the Washington, D.C. Powershift conference and the Arizona State Student Association’s fall organizing conference. 

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