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Historic Wall Street Reform Signed Into Law 7/22/2010

Responding to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama signed into law the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill reins in Wall Street and protects consumers, investors, and taxpayers from further financial meltdowns.

CoPIRG Launches Safe Food, Healthy Kids Campaign 6/28/2010

CoPIRG launched a new effort today to ensure the food served in school lunches is safe. With the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) set to implement higher safety standards for the beef served through the National School Lunch Program, the group is calling on the USDA to also increase the standards for other high risk foods like poultry and fish as well as giving schools more resources to be able to avoid recalled foods.

CoPIRG Releases Guide to Implementing Federal Health Care Law 6/16/2010

A new report by CoPIRG 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.

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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

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.

Tax Shell Game: What Do Tax Dodgers Cost You 4/15/2010

Each year, major corporations and individuals avoid as much as $100 billion a year nationally in federal taxes by “off-shoring” the money they make here in the U.S. or by setting up sham headquarters in tax haven countries. Taxpayers are left footing the bill.

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CoPIRG Goes After School Lunches 6/28/2010

A consumer group in Colorado says the lunches students may be eating at school aren't safe enough.

Health Standards Need to Be Imporved for School Lunches 6/14/2010

There are some big problems with the school lunch program that need to be fixed before kids return to school in the fall.

Calling for FasTracks Completion 6/03/2010

A group of Denver residents today is attempting to “keep FasTracks on track” by calling for the completion of the public transportation expansion project by 2019, while some community members believe the derailed project should be scrapped all together.

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