Public News Service: Older Arizonans Face Future of Limited Mobility
Arizona PIRG Education Fund 21st Century Transportation for Arizona Public News Service Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Doug Ramsey See full text of the article here. "When seniors who lack access to...
View ArticleDaily News-Sun: Traffic troubles limit elderly
Arizona PIRG 21st Century Transportation for Arizona Daily News-Sun Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Zach Colick See full text of the article here. "Serena Unrein, a public interest advocate for Arizona...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: Burgeoning traffic concerns make bullet-train travel vital
Arizona PIRG Education Fund 21st Century Transportation for Arizona The Arizona Republic Sunday, July 24, 2011 Serena Unrein This guest commentary from Serena Unrein, public interest advocate for the...
View ArticleArizona Republic: Governor Brewer's panel urges privatization
Arizona PIRG Education Fund Taxpayer Safeguards The Arizona Republic Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Ginger Rough See full text of the article here. "Some government-watchdog groups are wary of the...
View ArticleArizona Republic: Advocates: Arizona taxpayers are subsidizing junk foods
Arizona PIRG Stop Subsidizing Obesity The Arizona Republic Thursday, September 22, 2011 Emily Gersema See full text of article here. "More children are getting fat from cheap junk foods whose key...
View ArticleCronkite News Service: Public interest group: Outsourcing traffic cameras has...
Arizona PIRG Education Fund Taxpayer Safeguards Cronkite News Service Thursday, October 27, 2011 Joanne Ingram See the full article here. "Arizona communities should put public safety ahead of profits...
View ArticleStudents urge Kyl to support federal aid
Arizona PIRG Taxpayer Safeguards The State Press Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Caitlin Cruz About 30 students from NAU, UA and ASU walked into U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl’s Phoenix office Wednesday to...
View ArticleArizona Republic: Arizona receives top grade for online transparency about...
Arizona PIRG Education Fund Taxpayer Safeguards The Arizona Republic Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Mary Jo Pitzl See full text of article here. "The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund...
View ArticleYuma Sun: Transparency necessary for good governing
Arizona PIRG Education Fund Taxpayer Safeguards Yuma Sun Sunday, March 18, 2012 Yuma Sun Editorial Board See full text of editorial here. "Last week, the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)...
View ArticleArizona Public Media: Arizonans Driving Less, Despite Population Gains
Arizona PIRG Education Fund 21st Century Transportation for Arizona Arizona Public Media Monday, April 9, 2012 Kelly Hultgren See the full text of the article here. Americans are driving less for the...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Congress needs to close tax loopholes
This week Arizona’s own Senator John McCain took Apple to task for its elaborate schemes to avoid taxes, including funneling $30 billion through a phantom Irish subsidiary with no employees.
View ArticleArizona Republic: Approval of $66 mil Arizona highway plan questioned
A project that went from zero to $66 million in two weeks will be the largest rural-highway project Arizona builds in the next five years. "It’s astonishing that would happen,” said Serena Unrein, a...
View ArticleThe Center for Public Integrity: State pro-business organizations are...
Serena Unrein, the public interest advocate at Arizona PIRG, said there’s been no evidence of malfeasance at the Arizona Commerce Authority, but that without full transparency, it’s impossible to know...
View ArticleYou can weigh in on Phoenix-Tucson rail
Arizonans increasingly are moving away from driving and seeking alternatives, said Serena Unrein, public interest advocate at the Arizona Public Interest Research Group, or PIRG. An option such as the...
View ArticleOctober Saw Two Important Actions to Reduce the Overuse of Antibiotics on...
October was a big month: a new policy in California restricts antibiotic overuse on livestock, and Subway announced that it will phase out the sale of meat raised with antibiotics.
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 ArticleStudents urge Kyl to support federal aid
About 30 students from NAU, UA and ASU walked into U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl’s Phoenix office Wednesday to hand-deliver more than 2,000 statements urging support of federal financial aid programs.
View ArticleArizona Republic: Arizona receives top grade for online transparency about...
Arizona is one of seven states to receive a top grade for providing online information about government spending. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund graded Arizona an A- for its...
View ArticleYuma Sun: Transparency necessary for good governing
Last week, the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) gave our state government an A-minus for providing online access to spending data. PIRG, which bills itself as a consumer protection group,...
View ArticleArizona Public Media: Arizonans Driving Less, Despite Population Gains
Americans are driving less for the first time since World War II, according to a new study from the Arizona PIRG Education Fund. In 2007, Arizonans drove more than 62 billion miles. Despite an increase...
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