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News Release | Arizona PIRG | Transportation

U.S. House Proposal Threatens to Defund Public Transportation

Statement of Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for Arizona PIRG), on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee surface transportation bill to fund all federal investment in transportation over the next five years (H.R. 3864):  

News Release | Arizona PIRG | Transportation

Advocates Say New Transportation Bill is a Step Backwards

Statement of Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for Arizona PIRG, on the transportation reauthorization bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

News Release | Arizona PIRG | Safe Energy

New Report Cites Relationship between Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant Accident & Drinking Water Contamination for Arizonans

The drinking water for many Arizonans could be at risk of radioactive contamination from a leak or accident at the Palo Verde nuclear power plant, says a new report released today by the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (Arizona PIRG) and Environment Arizona.

News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Democracy

Thirty Fortune 500 Companies Paid More to Lobby Congress than to Federal Income Taxes

With the second anniversary approaching of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case – which opened the floodgates to corporate spending on elections – the Arizona PIRG Education Fund and Citizens for Tax Justice revealed 30 corporations that spent more to lobby Congress than they did in taxes.

News Release | Arizona PIRG Education Fund | Budget

Arizona Receives Mediocre Grade for Enforcement of Job-Creation Measures in Subsidy Programs

Arizona received a ‘C’ grade in a new report that examined how well states enforced their own requirements for job creation in their major economic development subsidy programs.

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