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How Minnesota Took on Hospital Monopolies and Won
PLUS: Five updates, and they're all good news.
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Don't Make Workers Eat the Kroger-Albertsons Merger
How mergers push wages down, and what to do about it.
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Health Care Monopolies Strike Back
Three ways big health care systems are fighting new rules and antitrust scrutiny.
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The Car Rental Sales Tax Swap Scam
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Taking on Ticketmaster
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5 Ways a Georgia Judge Exposed the Corporate Subsidy Machine
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Camden Got Answers — And They Revealed A Lot
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Why Taking on Turbotax Matters
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Taking on Ticketmaster
A California bill would eliminate a key tactic Ticketmaster uses to rip you off.
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Inside the Sports Subsidy Industrial Complex
Phony numbers, huge conflicts of interest, and bad journalism.
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The Public Wants to Ban Secret Deals
New polling shows voters think secret corporate subsidy deals are shady and corrupt.
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Throw Junk Fees in the Trash
States are following the Biden administration's lead in going after unfair and deceptive fees.
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Inside the Fight to Save Local Journalism
State and federal lawmakers are aiming at Big Tech's ability to destroy local news.
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The High Cost of Cheap Corporate Utilities
Discounted energy is a backdoor subsidy.
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Job Creation By Merger Is For Suckers
History is not on the side of deal-cutters.
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Boondoggle
Boondoggle
Corporations are ripping off our states, cities, and communities. Find out why and how to stop it.
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