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Trouble in Toyland: The 25th Annual Survey of Toy Safety

The 2010 Trouble in Toyland report is the 25th annual Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) survey of toy safety. In this report, Florida PIRG provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing toys for small children and provides examples of toys currently on store shelves that may pose potential safety hazards.

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Report | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Transportation

A Track Record of Success

As America moves toward construction of new high-speed rail networks in regions throughout the country, we have much to learn from experiences abroad. High-speed rail lines have operated for more than 45 years in Japan and for three decades in Europe, providing a wealth of information about what the United States can expect from high-speed rail and how we can receive the greatest possible benefits from our investment.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Transportation

New Report: High-Speed Rail Around the World and Its Promise for Florida

Today Florida PIRG released a major new report, A Track Record of Success: High-Speed Rail Around the World and Its Promise for America.

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Report | U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the National Taxpayers Union | Budget

Toward Common Ground

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) and National Taxpayers Union (NTU) have joined together to propose a list of 30 specific recommendations to reform our future spending commitments. If enacted in their entirety, these changes would save taxpayers over $600 billion in total by 2015, the target date for the Fiscal Commission to reduce our publicly-held debt-to- GDP ratio to a more sustainable level of 60 percent.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Democracy

Foreign Funds in American Elections

This week we learned that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce could be using money from foreign corporations to fund attack ads in our elections. According to reporting released by Think Progress, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce collects hundreds of thousands of dollars from foreign owned businesses, including companies owned by foreign governments.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Democracy

Voting Rights Advocates in Florida to hold Election Day telephone briefings to report voting problems

Florida voting rights advocates will hold two telephone press briefings on Election Day to report on Florida specific incidents and problems reported to poll monitors and a national hotline.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Transportation

Statement of Florida PIRG's Advocate Brad Ashwell On Legislation to Stop The Lease and Sale of Alligator Alley

Florida PIRG supports Senator Aronberg’s efforts to slow down FDOT’s plans to lease Alligator Alley.

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News Release | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Democracy

New Study Finds Texting Increased Young Voter Primary Turnout

Text message reminders sent to young voters on Super Tuesday increased turnout by 4.6 percentage points among the targeted population, according to results released today by the Student PIRGs New Voters Project and CREDO Mobile, in cooperation with the University of Notre Dame.

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News Release | Florida PIRG | Transportation

Bush Approves Landmark Passenger Rail Investment

The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, which was supported by wide bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate,  authorizes close to $13 billion over five years to promote rail travel, relieve bottlenecks and begin investment in a new generation of high speed rail.

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    Prescription drugs cost too much. Brand-name drug companies have been paying off generic drug makers to delay competition and keep prices high, and it's costing us billions. Together, we can stop them.
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    Corporate tax avoidance cost taxpayers $100 billion last year. We're working to close the loopholes that allow companies to avoid paying the taxes they owe.
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  • YOUR TAX DOLLARS BECOME CORN SYRUP
    At a time when one-in-three kids is overweight or obese, over a billion taxpayer dollars go to high-fructose corn syrup and junk food ingredients.
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  • Reclaim Democracy
    The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision ushered in an era of unprecedented spending by big money in our elections, but we're working to return our democracy back to the principle of "one person, one vote."
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