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...MassPIRG's work involves research, legislative lobbying, and organizing public support for consumer issues, but the group is non-aligned politically and does not endorse candidates or comment on obviously political issues such as budget proposals. Richard J. Hannigan, one of the group's organizers, said this week...
...added that the group's positions are progressive, but that in the case of the bottle law, many Republican leaders supported MassPIRG's efforts...
...separate challenge, some state legislators are trying to limit the part of MassPIRG's budget that comes from students' tuition bills...
...Most of MassPIRG's $1 million annual budget comes from private donations, but abut one-third of it is generated from a $2 to $3 charge on the semester tuition bills of students at schools with campus chapters...
State Rep M. Joseph Manning (D-Norfolk) introduced a bill in November which would require a positive indication on a state university student's term bill to send money to MassPIRG...