A new push in Congress has sparked a fight over how to handle student loans, with consumer groups warning it could make an ...

Consumer advocates are sounding an alarm that involuntary collections taken from public benefits could push already strained ...

Support grows for full funding of CPSC’s FY 2026 budget to protect American families More than 120 consumer advocacy groups, including the National Consumers League, Consumer Reports, and the Consumer ...

File - Patrick Cicero, Pennsylvania's appointed Consumer Advocate (left), in August 2023. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us ...

(WHTM) — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that the Pennsylvania Senate has unanimously confirmed the nomination of Darryl Lawrence as the state’s Consumer Advocate. Lawrence has served as ...

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, which acts on behalf of utility customers, on Thursday said it opposed a settlement plan disclosed hours earlier in which utility AES Indiana said it ...

To whom should Pennsylvania’s consumer advocate be answerable? The consumer advocate is a position created in 1976. The goal is to represent the people in state and federal proceedings involving ...

As Americans struggle with the cost of living, state utility consumer advocates are on the front lines of complex regulatory battles that decide what people pay for power and heating. Unsung, scrappy ...

Environmental and consumer advocates marched from the Citizens Utility Board offices to the Illinois Commerce Commission in the Loop on Monday to hand-deliver 5,000 public comments. The groups are ...

Patrick Cicero, the state's Consumer Advocate, has resigned, effective at the end of this month. Pennsylvania’s Consumer Advocate Patrick Cicero — who vigorously opposed for-profit water utilities’ ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. The state institutions involved in energy ...