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Raising the Youth Voice in Grand Junction

Twenty-year-old Benjamin Shipman will vote in his first U.S. presidential election Nov. 6, and he's working to ensure other youth also exercise their right to vote.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

Bank fees a mile higher in Denver area

Denver consumers pay the nation's highest ATM surcharges and overdraft fees, according to a report released Monday by Bankrate.com.

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News Release | CoPIRG | Democracy

Initiative Targeting Big Campaign Spenders Qualifies for November Ballot

Coloradans have responded to the barrage of campaign spending in Colorado by putting an initiative on the ballot to instruct Colorado’s elected officials to pass a federal constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions and spending.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

College Students Getting Refunds On Debit Cards

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group came out with a study in May called “The Campus Debit Card Trap”. U.S. PIRG is a consumer advocacy group.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

Colorado lawmaker proposes BPA ban

There are big concerns about the chemical Biphenol-A, better known as BPA. Now some Colorado lawmakers want to rid our state of that chemical.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

Listeria outbreak highlights oversight limitations

The Listeria contamination traced to a Colorado cantaloupe farm was the worst foodborne illness outbreak in nearly a century, and yet the Food and Drug Administration is still struggling to get a handle on how to prevent another outbreak while Congress keeps cutting the agency’s funding.

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News Release | CoPIRG | Tax

"Dirty Thirty" Revealed

Thirty Fortune 500 Companies Paid More to Lobby Congress than they Did in Federal Income Taxes, CoPIRG Study Shows

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News Release | CoPIRG | Food

Thousands Call for End to Junk Food Subsidies

Over the next week, CoPIRG will deliver thousands of petitions to members of Congress calling on them to end federal subsidies that subsidize junk food additives like high fructose corn syrup. 

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News Release | CoPIRG | Financial Reform

President Appoints "America's Consumer Watchdog"

CoPIRG applauds President Obama for standing up for consumers by making a recess appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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    In 20 years, Colorado highways will be packed with a million more cars. Tell the Governor: Bring high-speed rail to Colorado.
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    Corporate tax avoidance cost taxpayers $100 billion last year. We're working to close the loopholes that allow companies to avoid paying the taxes they owe.
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    The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision ushered in an era of unprecedented spending by big money in our elections, but we're working to return our democracy back to the principle of "one person, one vote."
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