Colleges are trying new things to help out young men and women coming home from overseas. Veteran only classes, streamlining financial aid, and adding more counselors is just the beginning of the list while trying to compensate for the growing number of veterans who enter school.

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Last year, AmeriGas Propane Inc. gave its employees an ultimatum: get their medical checkups, or lose their health insurance.  The nationwide propane distributor took the unusual step after facing years of steep increases in the cost of health coverage for its roughly 6,000 workers. The company’s work force was aging, and many employees had unhealthy habits—the average worker is 46, and around 44% are smokers.

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It is healthy for Nonprofits as a business to promote people getting out there to vote.  It does not take much to education for people to realize that they do have the power to make change and be represented. The fact that nonprofits can be a major source to turn out the vote makes it a business industry for elected officials to be more accountable too.  This is just another example of how communication and not money, from lobbyist or others, can make an impact on the election system.