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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: Today Show
Today Show: Lawmakers Target 'Unfair' Overdraft Charges
Congress will get another chance to limit checking account overdraft fees that continue to annoy customers and produce billions of dollars in revenue each year for banks and credit unions. more
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: Politico
Politico: 'Dental Therapists' Spark Debate
Some state lawmakers think they've found the solution to the nation's severe dental care access problem, but so far, only two states are using the touted "dental therapists" — and dentists aren’t thrilled about the idea.
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- State Health Care Spending
- Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Medicaid Cop Survives to Fight Another Day
Utah’s Medicaid Inspector General survived legislative attempts to weaken his policing powers with passage of a bill to extend his appointment by two years. more
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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: USA Today
USA Today: Payday Loans Can Get Out of Control
The real question is, can [borrowers] actually afford to repay the payday loans? Come up with $300 or $500 in just two weeks? Or even in a month? more
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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