Another big week in the fight to ban deceptive junk fees!

Last night, Minnesota became the 7th (!) state to pass a junk fee ban through a legislative chamber.

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Yeah, it did! So many kudos to Emma Greenman for championing this great bill to eliminate junk fees. #EndJunkFees kttc.com/2024/04/12/min…

Very excited about this news to end junk fees in Minnesota. And grateful to have leaders like Emma Greenman fighting for fairness in Minnesota's economy.

Minnesotans are being nickeled and dimed by junk fees. While corporate power and profits soar, families are being squeezed by industries that put profits over people. Junk fees are another way corporations use anti-competitive practices to raise costs. Time for that to end  #mnleg

Thank you Emma Greenman for your work to end junk fees, which we passed in the House today!

Consumers deserve price transparency upfront.

House Democrats are cracking down on deceptive, hidden 'junk' fees that cost the average Minnesota family $3,000 per year. The House just passed a bill to require upfront, 'all-in' pricing to be disclosed, and eliminate charges that provide no value to consumers. 🧾👨🏾‍💻💸 #mnleg

So psyched to see the Minnesota House vote to ban junk fees! Time to update the map! 👍👍 endjunkfees.com

fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/mas… This article describes the Massachusetts Federal delegation all united in their opposition to the UNH take over of the Steward Health systems physician group. The Steward Health system is loaded with debt and a number of safety net hospitals in…

🚨TODAY @ 12:30 ET: Don't miss our 'Beyond Antitrust' policy talk on the state-level fight to ban junk fees with Pat_Garofalo, Erin Witte and Matt Keliher.

We discuss our EndJunkFees campaign—12 states and counting!—new polling, and what's next. RSVP👇
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This is a wildly exaggerated claim, but just for comparison's sake, the Las Vegas metro area generated $160.7 billion in 2022 according to the BEA.

$1 billion would be equivalent to only 0.62% of their annual economic activity.

#ICYMI I wrote about algorithmic price fixing among big hotels, and why federal antitrust enforcers are trying to stop it

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For my Boondoggle newsletter this week, I wrote about why federal antitrust enforcers are getting involved in series of cases alleging big hotels are using an algorithm to fix prices.

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So psyched for this, come join us!

Really great bill at #mnleg from Jess Hanson that would put a moratorium on PE & REIT takeovers of healthcare providers in MN. Thanks to Hunter Cantrell for helping lead the way on this critical issue. #BreakEmUp

See my statement below.

Today's announcement is the wrong direction because: (a) subsidizing a monopoly will not fix our domestic chip sector, and (b) TSMC's US customers [Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, etc.] should pay to build their chips in the US, not taxpayers.

With this…

My Administration is standing up to big corporations who break antitrust laws by price-fixing to raise rents.

Landlords should be competing to give folks the best deal, not conspiring to charge them more.

Please help Baltimore residents get the transparency they deserve re: developer tax breaks. Please urge the MD Ways and Means Com. to vote on this critical bill. With the city facing shortfalls it will bring clarity to the effectiveness of these tax subsidies Vanessa Atterbeary

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I guess the New Jersey fault line got jealous that the county line was getting all the line-related attention.

Check out my article at The Conversation about the failed stadium vote in KC last Tuesday.

Lots of handwringing over the past several days, but good for taxpayers in the end.

theconversation.com/why-the-chiefs… via The Conversation U.S.