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PHOENIX - The Arizona Students' Association may have succeeded with passing legislation aimed at lowering the price of textbooks, but they're not there.

On Thursday, Gov. Janet Napolitano officially signed legislation into law that would require more disclosure on the part of textbook publishers on information such as price and changes in editions to the faculty members and staff who choose the books.


Posted in General on May 6th, 2008

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