For nearly 35 years students with their campus PIRG chapters have been making a
New Mexico PIRG Students is an independent statewide student organization that works on issues like environmental protection, consumer protection, and hunger and homelessness.
10/20/2015
Huge victory! Subway just committed to stop serving meat raised on antibiotics!
Subway to Transition to Meat Raised Without Antibiotics Subway says it plans to switch to meat raised without antibiotics over the next several years after a coalition of advocacy groups planned to deliver petitions to the company's headquarters Thursday calling for the change. The sandwich chain had already said this summer that it would switch...
10/17/2015
"There have been no shortage of articles discussing the problem of money in politics but rarely do they mention solutions. Carelessly condemning public financing for the failure of another aspect of campaign finance continues this form of fatalism that we simply cannot afford. Rather, we should encourage solutions that reduce the presence of big money in politics such as public financing."
NMPIRG Director Sean Foran in the Albuquerque Journal
Public funding a success Candidates can focus on constituents rather than on large donors
09/08/2015
Today is the last day to register to vote for the Albuquerque Municipal Elections! You must have your registration POSTMARKED TODAY if registering by mail or stop by the County Clerk's Office. You can fill out a registration form at studentvote.org, even if you're not a student.
More information at:
http://www.bernco.gov/clerk/new-voter-registration.aspx
06/10/2015
Today Senator Martin Heinrich and Senator Tom Udall stood up for our voices by cosponsoring the Act. Please thank our Democracy Champions for working to of politics.
02/11/2015
Dan Smith, USPIRG Democracy Campaign Director testified just now at the FEC Public Hearing on the McCutcheon v. FEC Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking!
02/05/2015
Valentine's Day is in just 9 days and we're gearing up to send McDonald's a love note...
Join our cause at http://thndr.it/1ucy7Hw and let know that you'd love to see them to stop serving meat raised with routine antibiotics.
01/21/2015
01/19/2015
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01/14/2015
Know any students that want to make an impact on issues that matter? Share this with them and have them apply to be interns on our spring campaigns!
http://weareimpact.org/internship-apply.html