Will the Supreme Court side with loan sharks? | | 09/27/2023 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/27/opinion/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-supreme-court/?s_campaign=bostonglobe%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter |
Payday lenders want Supreme Court to gut the CFPB. They paid $200 million in fines to regulators, records show. | | 09/26/2023 | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/payday-lenders-want-supreme-court-to-gut-the-cfpb-they-paid-200-million-in-fines-to-regulators-records-show-980ffb45 |
Beware justices: Undermining consumer protection agency could provoke next financial meltdown | | 09/15/2023 | https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4205681-beware-justices-undermining-the-cfpb-will-plant-the-seeds-for-the-next-financial-crisis/ |
Texas Cities Are Getting Ready For The State’s ‘Death Star’ Law | | 08/08/2023 | https://nextcity.org/features/texas-cities-are-getting-ready-for-the-states-death-star-law |
THE ‘DEATH STAR’ BILL IS ABOUT KNEECAPPING DEMOCRACY IN TEXAS | | 07/31/2023 | https://www.texasobserver.org/death-star-hb-2127-democracy/ |
Texas House approves sweeping limits on local regulations in GOP’s latest jab at blue cities | | 04/18/2023 | https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/18/texas-house-local-control/?mc_cid=e2695e428d |
Attack of the Loan Sharks, Texas Lege Edition | | 03/30/2023 | https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/payday-lending-texas-legislature-preemption/ |
GOP Bill Would Nullify Austin Anti-Discrimination Ordinances | | 03/24/2023 | https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2023-03-24/gop-bill-would-nullify-austin-anti-discrimination-ordinances/ |
Letters to the Editor — State vs. city, DeSantis, energy, unequal opportunity | | 03/18/2023 | https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2023/03/18/letters-to-the-editor-state-vs-city-desantis-energy-unequal-opportunity/ |
A GOP bill in Texas House could undo local laws. Here's why some disagree on its impact. | Austin American-Statesman | 03/16/2023 | https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/03/16/texas-legislature-house-bill-would-give-state-power-over-local-laws/70011853007/ |
Payday & Auto Title Lending Economic Impact Analyses | Texas Fair Lending Alliance | 01/26/2023 | https://www.texasfairlending.org/economic-impact-analyses |
Press Release: New Study Finds Payday and Auto Title Loans Drain $1.6 Billion from Texas
Economy and Result in Employment Losses Equal to 21,304 Job-Years | | 12/13/2022 | https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/Economic%20Impact%20Study%20Press%20Release.docx.pdf |
