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Media Hit | Consumer Protection, Higher Ed

Financial aid award letters often lack transparency and wind up confusing students and parents

With student loan debt exceeding $1 trillion and families increasingly questioning whether a college education is worth it, colleges should be embracing making financial aid award letters clear and uniform. Transparency may not solve the student debt problem, but it can help students and parents make better-informed decisions.

Media Hit | Consumer Protection

State Senator Urges Expansion of BPA Ban in Children's Products

Sen. Brian E. Frosh, D-Montgomery, wants to expand the state's ban on child care products made with the chemical bisphenol-A instead of waiting on the Food and Drug Administration to issue guidelines for its regulation.

Media Hit | Consumer Protection

School Supplies Can Contain Toxic Materials

Maryland PIRG Public Health Associate Jenny Levin discusses toxic chemicals in school supplies on WBAL-11 TV.

Media Hit | Consumer Protection

Senate passes BPA ban in bottles, cups for small children

A bill to ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby bottles and infants' cups passed its final hurdle in the General Assembly on Thursday.

Media Hit | Democracy, Financial Reform

Fast track the citizens united bill

Not so long ago, "Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission" was just a pending obscure decision facing the Supreme Court.

But on January 21, with a cataclysmic ruling, what was once only on the minds of a few fretting campaign finance reformers made its way to America's front pages.

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