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USDA's New Performance Standards Should Bring Safer Poultry to Market 5/10/2010

WASHINGTON, May 10 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced new performance standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter—the most common disease hazards in the meat and poultry supply. USDA has cut the target levels for Salmonella in poultry by over 60 percent, and set the first-ever performance standard for Campylobacter.

House Stands With Consumers Against Big Banks 12/11/2009

The new financial reform legislation passed by the House of Representatives is an important step towards protecting consumers and taxpayers from reckless financial practices.

Parents Beware- Many Toys Still Toxic, Hazardous 11/24/2009

ATLANTA, Nov. 24 –Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, Georgia Public Interest Research Group announced on Tuesday in its 24th annual Trouble in Toyland report.

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Georgia’s Transportation Crossroads — Why the Peach State Should Invest in Public Transit for the 21st Century 6/16/2010

Georgia is in a transportation crisis. Roadway congestion wastes time and energy, tailpipe pollution causes health and environmental problems, and our oil dependence only grows. Expanding public transportation can provide more Georgians with alternatives to driving, while addressing these problems and laying the foundation for an efficient transportation system for the 21st century.

Road Work Ahead: Holding Government Accountable for Fixing America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges 4/28/2010

Over the last 50 years, America has built roads and bridges at a pace and scale that dwarfs most of the rest of the world. We’ve built a national highway network like no other, with more than 45,000 miles of interstate highway and 575,000 highway bridges.

Trouble In Toyland: The 24th Annual Survey Of Toy Safety 11/24/2009

The recall of 45 million toys and other children’s products in 2007 and continued recalls in 2008 reminded Americans that no government agency tests toys before they are put on the shelves.

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Stand in Support of Quality, Affordable Health Care 7/17/2009

Stand with us in thanking Congressman John Lewis and Hank Johnson for their longtime, firm support of health care reform that includes a public plan option.

Stalled road projects upgraded under bill 1/11/2009

ATLANTA - The state Department of Transportation would be put back on an accrual system of accounting, allowing numerous stalled projects to go forward, under a bill pre-filed Thursday by state Sen. David Shafer, D-Duluth, a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2010. Shafer said his legislation would free the roads department to resume highway construction projects it abandoned after its board moved to a cash system of accounting late last year.

MARTA riders want better service, hours 1/10/2009

Vada Howard could not, would not tamp down her feelings about possible changes at MARTA, her link to work, church and routine errands. She was a member of Group No. 5, one of seven panels of citizens that huddled Saturday at the transit agency's Buckhead headquarters to put together two lists: changes they'd recommend, and changes they wouldn't tolerate

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