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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: Marketplace
Marketplace: Payday Lenders Need to Be More Transparent
Every year, 12 million Americans take out high-interest, short-term payday loans. The industry likes to claim it's offering a needed service and helping people who can't get credit anywhere else. more
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: Concord (N.H.) Monitor
Concord (N.H.) Monitor: Proposal to Expand Hygienists' Role Met With Opposition From Dental Society
One year after New Hampshire lawmakers passed a bill expanding the role of some dental hygienists, another bill proposes further reform of the state’s oral health system.
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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: The Charlotte Post
The Charlotte Post: Survey Reveals Payday Loan Demographics
A national study on the $7.4 billion payday lending industry could provide a glimpse at the implications for North Carolina consumers should a bill become law. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: NPR
NPR: Americans Earn More Than Their Parents (With A Caveat), Study Says
Most Americans are earning more money than their parents, according to a new study from Pew's Economic Mobility Project. But those gains don't tell the whole picture. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: Deseret News
Deseret News: Economic Mobility Gains May be Due to Dual-income Families
If parents are happier when their children do better (financially), then there should be a lot of happy parents in the United States. But more American families reach that status today through dual incomes, according to a new report released Tuesday. more
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: FoxBusiness
Fox Business: Why You Are Charged Hefty Bank Fees
No one likes bank fees. So why do banks charge them, taking the risk of alienating their customers? more
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- Media Coverage
- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: The New York Times
New York Times: Dimon Pledges to Change JPMorgan's Practices on Payday Loans
According to a report released this month by the Pew Charitable Trusts, an estimated 27 percent of payday loan borrowers say the loans caused them to overdraw their accounts. more
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: Sun Journal
Sun Journal: Caroline Zimmerman: Oral Health Access an Issue for Many Mainers
Dr. Michelle Mazur-Kary, president of the Maine Dental Association, wrote in her guest column (Feb. 3) about Maine’s “A” grade from the Pew Center on the States for dental sealants. more
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- Media Coverage
- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: New York Times
New York Times: Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States
Major banks have quickly become behind-the-scenes allies of Internet-based payday lenders that offer short-term loans with interest rates sometimes exceeding 500 percent. more
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- Fiscal Federalism Initiative
- Source: New York Times
New York Times: Fear of U.S. Cuts Grows in States Where Aid Flows
States are increasingly alarmed that they could become collateral damage in Washington’s latest fiscal battle, fearing that the impasse could saddle them with across-the-board spending cuts that threaten to slow their fragile recoveries or thrust them back into recession. more