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The rush to power AI through utility takeovers poses uncertain payoffs and significant public costs. The expansion of the digital sector, catalyzed by the proliferation of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence (AI), has led to explosive growth in data…
California has enacted two laws to curb investor influence in health care. Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 351 and AB 1415 in October, reinforcing clinical independence and expanding…
Oregon State Treasurer, Elizabeth Steiner, published four investment principles on October 21st that will inform her decision-making as a Council member at the $95 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF) regarding the…
The Tenant Union Federation (TUF), a nationwide coalition of tenant unions with locals in five states and dozens more affiliated unions across the country, has launched a groundbreaking multi-state organizing campaign against the corporate landlord Capital Realty Group.
PESP’s latest housing report shows in new detail how the poorest renters have shouldered the largest rent increases in recent years. “The Poorest Renters, the Sharpest Increases” reveals that from 2021 to 2025,…
To download a PDF version of this report, click here. Key takeaways From 2021 to 2025, there was more than a 20% increase in rents at workforce housing apartments, the lowest-rent sector of market-rate housing…
In early September, the Oregon AFL-CIO, representing “over 300,000 working people across 300 unions in the state,” endorsed the boycott of Instar-owned Windmill Farms at their biennial convention. The mushroom farm…
On September 15, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that three directors from Sevita Health’s Board of Directors had resigned in response to an enforcement action on interlocking directorates. An interlocking directorate is when a member…
Alden Global Capital – the hedge fund infamous for slashing newsroom jobs at hundreds of U.S. newspapers it acquired – has made a dramatic incursion into the manufactured housing market via its affiliate Homes of America. Since 2021,…
In light of continued investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare buyouts,…
McKnight’s Home Care covered the Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s latest findings on the rapid expansion of private equity into the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a Medicaid- and Medicare-funded…
