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Time For A Change

For too long, bankers themselves have written the rules on Wall Street.

Because of their reckless and greedy behavior, Main Street lost millions of jobs, taxpayers spent billions bailing out banks and retirees lost trillions of carefully saved dollars.

This year, that has to change.

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Toy Safety At Your Fingertips

Toys should bring kids joy, but sometimes they bring injury, serious harm, and even death.

This holiday season, when Illinois PIRG unveils its 24th annual Trouble in Toyland report, it will also launch a new interactive smart phone website to help shoppers avoid common hazards, as well as report potential dangers they find on toy store shelves, right from their mobile phones or home computers.

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Health Care Reform That Will Help Small Businesses

Small business owners joined Illinois PIRG at a recent press conference to release a new report titled The Small Business Dilemma. The report documents the concerns small business owners have as they face rising health costs.

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Screening Finds Illinois Toys Fail to Comply with Lead, Phthalate Limits More

Chicago Budget Proposal Borrows from Future Generations More