Connecticut Drivers Are Driving Less
Connecticut commuters are driving less and utilizing public transportation more, especially in the state’s urban areas. That’s according to a report released Wednesday by the Connecticut Public...
View ArticleFairfield County Drivers Choosing Public Transit Over Driving
A new study published this week by the public-interest organization ConnPIRG finds that people across America's largest urbanized areas are driving much less than before, and Fairfield County is no...
View ArticleMalloy orders data dump
Abe Scarr, director of ConnPIRG (Public Information Research Group) Education Fund, a non-profit that advocates for greater public information, said the initiative would help Connecticut rejoin the...
View ArticleImproving recycling in Connecticut
Governor’s S.B. No. 27 addresses several goals including a new solid waste management plan, setting a timeline to “repurpose” the Hartford incinerator, and create what will be known as the Connecticut...
View ArticleLess Driving On Campus
Over the past two decades, colleges and universities have increasingly taken steps to reduce driving.
View ArticleReport: Connecticut’s Fiscal Transparency Improves
Connecticut earns a “B” for transparency in government spending, according to an annual report card grading the 50 states in online access to data on where taxpayer dollars are spent.
View ArticleMoving Connecticut toward zero waste
Connecticut made a conscious decision 40 years ago to transform its waste management by phasing out landfills and investing in incinerators. However, the decision we face today is not between burning...
View ArticleGov. Dannel Malloy pushes lawmakers for expansion of state recycling efforts
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy prodded state lawmakers to act before the end of the current General Assembly session to approve a legislative package that would more than double Connecticut’s recycling rate...
View ArticleCredit Bureaus’ Deal to Improve Accuracy ‘Huge’ for Consumers
(Bloomberg) -- Buying homes, getting jobs and borrowing money will be easier after an agreement by the three biggest U.S. consumer credit reporting services with New York.[...] “It’s a sea change in...
View ArticleHow Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a Credit Score
This story in The Nation explains our work challenging the way data brokers use "black box," or secret, algorithms to make scoring decisions that may violate the law and deny credit opportunities. This...
View ArticlePublic Transit Advocacy Group Says Governor's Highway Widening Plan is "Bad...
Part of Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy’s $100 billion transportation overhaul includes an $11 billion allocation for widening I-95 the span of the entire state. But Connecticut advocacy group...
View Article12 of America's Biggest Highway Boondoggles
Given that expanding highways at great public cost doesn’t improve rush-hour traffic, there are better ways to spend this money, argue report authors Jeff Inglis of Frontier Group and John C. Olivieri...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
"Despite these successes, we need to re-double our efforts to counter new threats from superbugs that increasingly diminish the effectiveness of antibiotics. We will continue to ramp up our consumer...
View ArticleLATimes: Obama's consumer protection legacy defined by aggressive agency
[This weekend, the Los Angele Times chronicled President Obama's consumer protection record, with heavy emphasis on the history and fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):]"[...]...
View ArticleLess Driving On Campus
Over the past two decades, colleges and universities have increasingly taken steps to reduce driving.
View ArticleReport: Connecticut’s Fiscal Transparency Improves
Connecticut earns a “B” for transparency in government spending, according to an annual report card grading the 50 states in online access to data on where taxpayer dollars are spent.
View ArticleMoving Connecticut toward zero waste
Connecticut made a conscious decision 40 years ago to transform its waste management by phasing out landfills and investing in incinerators. However, the decision we face today is not between burning...
View ArticleGov. Dannel Malloy pushes lawmakers for expansion of state recycling efforts
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy prodded state lawmakers to act before the end of the current General Assembly session to approve a legislative package that would more than double Connecticut’s recycling rate...
View ArticleCredit Bureaus’ Deal to Improve Accuracy ‘Huge’ for Consumers
(Bloomberg) -- Buying homes, getting jobs and borrowing money will be easier after an agreement by the three biggest U.S. consumer credit reporting services with New York.[...] “It’s a sea change in...
View ArticleHow Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a Credit Score
This story in The Nation explains our work challenging the way data brokers use "black box," or secret, algorithms to make scoring decisions that may violate the law and deny credit opportunities. This...
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