Senator Elizabeth Warren unveiled legislation Thursday designed to rein in the growing power of private equity firms and limit the sort of leveraged buyout deals that led to the crisis at Steward Health Care, whose bankruptcy continues to roil communities...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is up for reelection in November, so she’s out making the case for herself. But the case isn’t actually just for herself. She’s very aware she’s also making the case for progressive policymaking and goals at...
Two Democratic lawmakers are demanding that some of the biggest food and beverage companies stop engaging in “shrinkflation” — the practice of reducing product sizes while charging prices that are the same or higher. In pointed letters, Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressuring John Deere to update its manuals to better enable customers to repair their tractors. By omitting information about repair rights and pollution control systems, Warren alleges that John Deere could be in violation of...
A prominent Democratic U.S. senator called on a top regulator on Wednesday to impose growth restrictions on Citigroup (C.N), opens new tab as the Wall Street bank struggles to fix ongoing regulatory problems. In a letter to Acting Comptroller of...
Two prominent Democratic senators are criticizing United States Steel Corp. Chief Executive Officer David Burritt over his potential $72 million “golden parachute” if the sale to a Japanese company goes through – while President Joe Biden’s decision on the takeover...
Two Democratic senators sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday, pressing the top Justice Department official to take a tougher approach to Boeing and criminally prosecute the aircraft company’s executives for not doing enough to ensure passenger...
For more than a year, youth organizers with the Hyde Square Task Force in Jamaica Plain have pressed grocery giant Stop & Shop on pricing differences at its Greater Boston locations, alleging that grocery costs in its stores located in...
A trio of Massachusetts lawmakers are raising fresh concerns about the sale of bankrupt Steward Health Care’s physicians network to a company that’s owned by a private equity firm. Democratic U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, joined by U.S....
Democrats want to know how much big companies are paying major lobbies to lean on lawmakers ahead of the tax code expirations that are set for next year. Top executives at big companies, including Netflix, Ford and Tesla, received letters...
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has asked defense industry groups how much their members make from contracts that withhold replacement parts and tools, pushing back on their opposition to a bill that would give the U.S. military a “right to repair”...
There is a new push in Congress to stop private housing companies from requiring military families to sign non-disclosure agreements in connection with their housing. This comes after our two-year-long investigation exposed widespread housing problems at homes on military bases...