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News Release | Ohio PIRG | Consumer Protection

Survey Finds Toxic or Dangerous Toys on Store Shelves

Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, according to an Ohio Public Interest Research Group’s 26th annual Trouble in Toyland report.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Tax

New Report Outlines Problems with Red-Light and Speed Cameras

A new research report released today outlines problems with the growing trend among cities to outsource traffic enforcement to red-light and speed camera vendors.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Transportation

Turnpike privatization is not a partisan issue

The issues surrounding possible privatization of the Ohio Turnpike are too serious to be treated as a partisan issue.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Democracy

New Report Shows Problems with Widely Used Local Economic Development Tool

A new research report released today outlines problems with the growing trend among cities to borrow against future growth and divert tax revenues as a way to attract economic development.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Democracy, Tax, Transportation

Ohio PIRG applauds FHA's reversal of funding for Turnpike privatization investigation

Ohio PIRG applauds the Federal Highway’s Administration’s decision to reverse funding of $1.5 million to Ohio to hire a consultant for the investigation of leasing the Ohio Turnpike.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Transportation

Myth Busted: Road Costs Not Covered by Gas Taxes

A new report, Do Roads Pay for Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding, released today by the Ohio Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) disproves the common misperception that road-building is paid for by user fees in the form of gas taxes. Instead, the report shows that gas taxes cover barely half the costs of building and maintaining roads, a fraction which is likely to fall steadily.  

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Consumer Protection

Report: Ohio a Flashpoint of Ongoing Foreclosure Crisis

Ohio will face continuing foreclosures totaling 282,190 from 2009 through 2012, but the key solution before Congress to prevent future financial crises faces an uncertain future due to lobbying by powerful special interests, according to a report released today by Ohio PIRG.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Consumer Protection

Parents Beware - Many Toys Still Toxic, Hazardous

Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, Ohio Public Interest Research Group announced on Tuesday in its 24th annual Trouble in Toyland report.

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Financial Reform

Ohio PIRG Explains “Game-Changer” Proposal To Reinstate Federal Financial Laws As Pro-Consumer Floor

At the epicenter of the worldwide financial collapse was a lack of consumer protection that can best be remedied by establishing a “game-changer agency with only one job, protecting consumers” while simultaneously reinstating federal law as a floor not a ceiling of protection, according to Ohio PIRG Associate Manfred Mecoy. 

News Release | Ohio PIRG | Consumer Protection

Courts Recognize Bank Secrecy Must End; Does Congress?

The big banks that limped into Washington a year ago now march all over Capitol Hill with their lobbyists, fighting the financial and tax reform legislation at every turn. But the banks’ big money doesn’t seem to influence the way some judges have been ruling lately.

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