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Temple Launches Effort To Get Students To Vote
An effort was underway on Tuesday on Temple University’s campus to get students to the voting booth.
Survey: Thousands of College Students May Be Disenfranchised by Pa. ID Law
A new survey finds that Pennsylvania colleges are doing a lot better at making sure students face no surprises this November at the polls, but some are not providing compliant student IDs.
Pennsylvania Policy Groups Urge End To Special Tax Breaks For Corporations
A lot of procrastinating Pennsylvanians will be doing their taxes this weekend — never a pleasant task, but a pair of local nonprofit organizations wants to make you really angry about it.
3 On Your Side: Trouble In Toyland
Toxic or dangerous toys can still be found on America’s store shelves. That’s according to the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group’s 26th annual Trouble in Toyland report.
Pa. Consumer Group Warns Parents About Potentially Harmful Holiday Toys
“It’s hard to tell, just based on the noise a toy makes, whether or not it’s going to pose a hazard,” says Alana Miller of PennPIRG.
Consumer Activists Say US Government Is Promoting Obesity
A Philadelphia-based activist group says if the government wants to battle childhood obesity, cutting subsidies to corn farmers would be a good start.
Philadelphia Group Says US House Isn’t Budget-Cutting In Public’s Interest
Megan DeSmedt of the organization PennPIRG calls the US House-passed spending resolution “wrongheaded” and hopes that the Senate will take a different path.
