5 years after transcript withholding bans began, college students face fewer obstacles but advocates worry about enforcement

OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five…

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Smoke shops in Philly suburbs mislead consumers by selling ‘straight-up marijuana,’ district attorney says

Hundreds of unregulated smoke shops that sell hemp products in the Philadelphia suburbs use fraudulent lab reports that leave their customers “dangerously uninformed” about the potency of the…

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