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Rail authority policy to purge e-mails draws critics' ire
May 21, 2012

Capitol Alert: Wealthy GOP donor jumps into Beth Gaines' Assembly race
May 16, 2012

Wealthy GOP donor jumps into Beth Gaines' Assembly race
May 16, 2012

Signatures on letter new focus of controversy in Kings arena drama
May 15, 2012

Viewpoints: Face the truth about inequity of tax codes
May 01, 2012

Sacramento patient advocacy group launches Spanish-language website
April 10, 2012

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Advocacy Group Videos

Top 10 schools list out
May 22, 2012 | KXAN NBC 36 Austin

Group sees greater role for nurse practitioners
May 17, 2012 | KJTV FOX 34 Lubbock, TX

Group: Disclose Casino Director's Sex Abuse Deal
May 09, 2012 | WCVB ABC 5 Boston MA

Advocacy Group Wikipedia Information

An interest group (also called an advocacy group, lobbying group, pressure group (UK), or special interest) is a group, however loosely or tightly organized, doing advocacy: those determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected.

Sacramento Connect

Obama Election-Year Pullbacks on Safety, Environment Dismay Advocates
May 22, 2012
Rescuers work at the scene of three boys trapped in a grain bin at Consolidated Grain and Barge in Mt. Carroll, Ill. (Sauk Valley Media) ...

Rail authority policy to purge e-mails draws critics’ ire
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 - A congressional committee is investigating California's $68 billion bullet train project. The U.S. Government Accountability Office is...

Wealthy GOP donor jumps into Beth Gaines’ Assembly race
May 16, 2012
A political advocacy group funded largely by wealthy Stanford physicist Charles T. Munger Jr. has poured $83,000 this week into an independent push to re-elect...

Stricter seafood labeling sought for restaurants
May 03, 2012
May 3, 2012 - If you're in LA or Orange counties, odds are you're not eating the fish you thought you were. A report released last week by the environmental...

Consumer Advocates and Food Safety Inspectors Tell Christie Vilsack to Oppose Privatized Poultry Inspection
May 02, 2012
AMES, Iowa, May 1, 2012 - Consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch and the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Local...

Threats of terrorism, spillover violence at border overblown, study says
April 26, 2012
April 26, 2012 - The threats of terrorism and spillover violence from the Mexican drug war are largely overblown, according to a new report. The report [PDF]...

Other local news reports

Pesticides Contribute to Bee Colony Collapse, Report Finds
May 08, 2012 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio State Government News
An environmental advocacy group released a report Tuesday finding a common pesticide is contributing to the collapse of honeybee colonies. Bee losses have averaged 30 percent...

From around the web

European Commission: Google Rigs Online Ads
May 22, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
In a statement to ReadWriteWeb, Thomas Vinje, counsel for the advocacy group FairSearch EU,... Frequent readers will remember Vinje as the attorney for the advocacy group EPIC,...

Democratic candidates for Des Moines seat in Iowa House agree on most issues in forum
May 22, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Informing the candidates' -- answers, too, was their audience: the forum was sponsored by the progressive advocacy group Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, and the...

NOW's' Enough Rush' protest in DC draws massive crowd
May 19, 2012 | michellemalkin.com
NOW's national protest day had been in the works since April 19, when the women's advocacy group launched their'' Enough Rush'' campaign. Pairing with media watchdog Media...

This Twitter- Powered Road- Painting Printer Wants to Hear From You!
May 18, 2012 | Gizmodo
[ Awesome ] An advocacy group known as One has designed a sorta genius giant towable inkjet printer that prints messages of peaceful protest, in non-toxic water-soluble paint,...

Groups honored for healthful choices
May 18, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Live Healthy Iowa, an advocacy group, gives Iowans an incentive to form teams and improve their health through the Corporate Cup and Community Cup challenges. ...

Advocacy Group on twitter

	Photo of the day, http://t.co/n8fxCRKM - "What about me?" #Advocacy group @Foroige seeks to give #youth in #Ireland a voice in #politics. Twitter: @atlantic
	RT @TellMeMoreNPR: Why Does Hunger Still Exist In Africa? http://t.co/tK3TCDXe USAIDs Tjada McKenna and Mwiza Munthali of the advocacy group TransAfrica. Twitter: @broknyoke
	A Treatise on Good Works -- Martin Luther (pdf) E-Books via JohnnyAngel Advocacy Group JohnnyAngel ... http://t.co/AVWYP573 Twitter: @johnnyangel10
	Rejecting the Terrorist Label -- Front Page Magazine via JohnnyAngel Advocacy Group JohnnyAngel ... http://t.co/WvF2Imdz Twitter: @johnnyangel10
	RT @AACR: You are not alone. Find a cancer support or advocacy group: http://t.co/Fy1Pz0Pb. #AACR #NCRM Twitter: @minnierosegray
	'They ought to go to prison': REGIONAL head of the US-based advocacy group International Commission for the Prev... http://t.co/YXgCOu2g Twitter: @NEKKIDTROOF