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Conn. lawyers to honor consumer advocate Nader

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:06:21 -0400

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut - Consumer activist and failed presidential candidate Ralph Nader will be honored by the Connecticut Bar Association at its annual meeting.

AG assembles consumer protection law workgroup

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:22:04 -0400

PIERRE, South Dakota - Attorney General Marty Jackley has assembled a workgroup to discuss consumer protection laws.

Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:33:24 -0400

PIERRE, South Dakota - Capital Journal, Pierre, June 11, 2013

Agency says KCC violated open meetings law

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:35:43 -0400

TOPEKA, Kansas - A state consumer protection agency has submitted a complaint to the state attorney general's office and Shawnee County prosecutors asking for an investigation into a Kansas Corporation Commission emergency decision-making practice that the agency alleges violates the state's open meetings laws.

Agency: Opting for overdrafts means higher fees

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:10:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - A U.S. agency says consumers who opt for overdraft coverage on their checking accounts pay higher fees and are more likely to have their accounts closed than those who decline it.

Coming soon? Nutritional labels on alcohol drinks

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:10:15 -0400

WASHINGTON - Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there.

Coastal homeowners stagger under insurance costs

Fri, 31 May 2013 15:15:31 -0400

GULF SHORES, Alabama - When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance.

Lack of insurance choice troubles some in NH

Mon, 27 May 2013 11:25:12 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - Consumer and small business advocates in New Hampshire are disappointed but not surprised that only one company plans to sell insurance through the new online marketplaces required under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:35:33 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online.

Wis. gov shrugs off rent-to-own defeat

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:19:03 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Republican Gov. Scott Walker is shrugging off state lawmakers' decision to nix his plan to exempt rent-to-own businesses from Wisconsin's consumer protection act.

Tesla shows Model S to influence NC auto bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:14:24 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - North Carolina lawmakers and passersby stopped to take in a display of Tesla Motors' award-winning electric cars Wednesday as the company presses against a bill in the General Assembly that effectively outlaws Tesla's Internet-based sales model.