Kansas City's Report Card Is In
MoPIRG Foundation KCUR Central Standard Thursday, January 24, 2013Brian Ellison, Matthew Long-Middleton and Claire McInernyEver wonder what goes on during a city council meeting? Or how much money was...
View ArticleBudget Solution is Hiding in the Caymans
MoPIRG St. Louis Post-Dispatch Friday, March 1, 2013Alec SpragueThe budget fights in both Washington, D.C., and Jefferson City are looking predictably ugly this year, and are shaping up along familiar...
View ArticleCredit bureau complaints bring relief for 30 percent
The Missouri Public Interest Research Group Foundation studied the 10,000 complaints filed against credit bureaus since the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began collecting them in October...
View ArticleThousands of consumers find errors on their credit reports
MoPIRG Foundation, a consumer advocacy group, analyzed 10,000 consumer complaints the CFPB received since October, 2012, when the federal agency began collecting the complaints.
View ArticleCredit Bureaus’ Deal to Improve Accuracy ‘Huge’ for Consumers
(Bloomberg) -- Buying homes, getting jobs and borrowing money will be easier after an agreement by the three biggest U.S. consumer credit reporting services with New York.[...] “It’s a sea change in...
View ArticleKansas City's Report Card Is In
Ever wonder what goes on during a city council meeting? Or how much money was made from parking meters last year? The answers to some questions like these are available to the public online, but every...
View ArticleBudget Solution is Hiding in the Caymans
Should we really cut food safety, law enforcement, and education while the nation’s largest, most profitable corporations use loopholes to avoid paying the taxes they should pay?
View ArticleCredit bureau complaints bring relief for 30 percent
The Missouri Public Interest Research Group Foundation studied the 10,000 complaints filed against credit bureaus since the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began collecting them in October...
View ArticleThousands of consumers find errors on their credit reports
MoPIRG Foundation, a consumer advocacy group, analyzed 10,000 consumer complaints the CFPB received since October, 2012, when the federal agency began collecting the complaints.
View ArticleCredit Bureaus’ Deal to Improve Accuracy ‘Huge’ for Consumers
(Bloomberg) -- Buying homes, getting jobs and borrowing money will be easier after an agreement by the three biggest U.S. consumer credit reporting services with New York.[...] “It’s a sea change in...
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