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Following the Money 2012
Released by: MoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012Following the Money vMO.pdfThe ability to see how government uses the public purse is fundamental to democracy. Transparency in...
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Picking Up the Tab
Release date: Thursday, April 12, 2012Picking Up the Tab: Average Citizens and Small Businesses Pay the Price for Offshore Tax HavensExecutive SummarySome U.S.-based multinational firms or individuals...
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Apples to Twinkies 2012
Released by: MoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012Ag Subsidies Pay for 21 Twinkies per Taxpayer, But Only Half of an Apple ApieceApples to Twinkies vMO-.pdfApples to Twinkies 2012:...
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Trouble in Toyland 2012
Released by: MoPIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012MOP Toyland2012.pdfGet our Toy Safety shopping tips here.Check out our mobile site with shopping tips on your smartphone at...
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DISTORTED DEMOCRACY: POST-ELECTION SPENDING ANALYSIS
Released by: U.S. PIRG, DEMOS Release date: Monday, November 26, 2012post election megaphones FINAL.pdfA new analysis of data through Election Day from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other...
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Billion Dollar Democracy
Released by: MoPIRG Foundation and Demos Release date: Thursday, January 17, 2013MOP_BillionDollarDemocracy.pdfThe first presidential election since Citizens United lived up to its hype, with...
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Elections Confidential
Released by: MoPIRG Foundation and the Center for Media and Democracy Release date: Thursday, January 17, 2013MOP_BillionDollarDemocracy.pdfElections Confidential describes how secret donors poured...
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Transparency in City Spending
Released by: MoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013Saint Louis Receives Failing Grade for Spending TransparencyThe ability to see how government uses the public purse is...
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The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens
Released by: MoPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013Offshore Tax Dodging Blows a $843 Million Hole in Missouri BudgetThe Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens MO..pdfWhen U.S....
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Following the Money 2013
Released by: MoPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013Missouri Receives a “C” in Annual Report on Transparency of Government SpendingMO_Following_the_Money_screen_final.pdfExecutive...
View ArticleA New Direction
The Driving Boom—a six decade-long period of steady increases in per-capita driving in the United States—is over. The time has come for America to hit the “reset” button on transportation...
View ArticleApples to Twinkies 2013
At a time when America faces high obesity rates and tough federal budget choices, taxpayer dollars are funding the production of junk food ingredients. Since 1995, the government has spent $292.5...
View ArticleMoving Off the Road
Forty-six states plus the District of Columbia witnessed a reduction in the average number of driving miles per person since the end of the national Driving Boom. The evidence suggests that the...
View ArticleBig Banks, Big Complaints
This report is the first of several that will review complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nationally and on a state-by-state basis. In this report we explore thousands of consumer...
View ArticleA New Way to Go
New transportation services are providing people with an abundance of new options, helping to overcome barriers to the use of non-driving forms of transportation, and shifting the economics behind...
View Article"McCutcheon" Could Add Over $1 Billion In Contributions To Next Four Elections
We project that striking the aggregate limit would bring more than $1 billion in additional campaign contributions from elite donors through the 2020 election cycle.
View ArticlePrivate Loans, Public Complaints
In this report we explore consumer complaints in the private student loan sector with the aim of uncovering patterns in the problems consumers are experiencing with their student loans.
View ArticleFood Safety Scares 2013
This report offers a snapshot look, from October 2012 to October 2013, at multistate foodborne illness outbreaks identified by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Failures in the rules...
View ArticleBig Credit Bureaus, Big Mistakes
Since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began collecting complaints about credit reporting in October 2012, the CFPB has recorded more than 10,000 complaints about credit reporting.
View ArticleTrouble in Toyland 2013
The 2013 Trouble in Toyland report is the 28th annual MoPIRG Foundation survey of toy safety. In this report, MoPIRG Foundation provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing toys for small...
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