01/08/2009
CPSC asked to clarify law's reach (Denver Post)
Leaders of seven advocacy groups representing consumers, scientists and public-health interests demanded Wednesday that the Consumer Product Safety Commission clear up ambiguities that are causing runaway worries for small businesses.
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01/08/2009
Race and Foster Care Highlighted (Skanner)
Racial disparities in foster care for Oregon children will get a new review, as Gov. Ted Kulongoski this week signed an executive order mobilizing state agencies and child advocacy groups on the issue.
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01/08/2009
Toeing the Fire Line (Monterey County Weekly)
These are not people who have regular coffee dates. Yet on Dec. 19, when a group of Forest Service officials met with members of two wilderness advocacy groups, they found common ground in the fire lines snaking through the Ventana Wilderness.
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01/08/2009
Lawmakers discuss ways to fight foreclosures (Reporter-Times)
A panel of state lawmakers Wednesday heard testimony from homeowner advocacy groups who made suggestions about lowering Indiana’s mortgage foreclosure rates, which are among the highest in the nation.
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01/08/2009
Parks groups oppose gun rule (Bangor Daily News)
Two national park advocacy groups are going to court to challenge a recent change in federal rules that allows people to carry loaded weapons inside national parks.
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01/08/2009
State Budget Cuts Worry Domestic Abuse Advocates (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
JOHNSON COUNTY - Governor Chet Culver has asked every state agency to make cuts. But victim advocacy groups worry that without enough funding Iowans won't have the help they need to escape danger.
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01/07/2009
Advocates for poor want help (Poughkeepsie Journal)
ALBANY - Although New York is in its worst fiscal crisis in decades, members of advocacy groups Tuesday said Gov. David Paterson's proposals to increase funding for soup kitchens and raise the basic welfare grants next year are not enough to meet the needs of poor New Yorkers.
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01/07/2009
Activists urge Paterson to focus on jobs for the needy (The Journal News)
As New York faces its worst fiscal crisis in decades, members of advocacy groups yesterday said Gov. David Paterson's proposals to increase funding for soup kitchens and raise the basic welfare grants were not enough to meet the needs of poor New Yorkers.
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01/06/2009
Bison groups protest at inauguration (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
During an inaugural speech in which Gov. Brian Schweitzer asked legislators to “disagree in an agreeable fashion,” a collection of bison advocacy groups stood at the edge of the Capitol Rotunda to protest the governor’s policy toward the burly animals.
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01/08/2009
Spending on U.S. Elections Rose to Record $4.1 Billion in 2008 (Bloomberg)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The bill for the 2008 U.S. elections has been paid, and it comes out to a record $4.1 billion -- almost $20 per registered voter.
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