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Media Outlet
Date
URL
California passes new rules that cap personal loan interest at 36%
CNBC Make it
09/13/2019
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-shuts-out-payday-loans-with-app-store-ban-11570886730
102 House Members Rebuke Delay of Payday Loan Rule; Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes testifies
North Dallas Gazette
08/29/2019
https://northdallasgazette.com/2019/08/29/102-house-members-rebuke-delay-of-payday-loan-rule-rev-dr-frederick-douglass-haynes-testifies/
Fort Worth is largest Texas city to not regulate payday lending. Should it?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
08/28/2019
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article234427657.html
GOP lawmaker blocked restrictions on lenders near military bases while wife worked for bank lobby
Washington Examiner
07/29/2019
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/gop-lawmaker-blocked-restrictions-on-lenders-near-military-bases-while-wife-worked-for-bank-lobby
The economy is booming. So why are credit card debt cases clogging Texas courts
Houston Chronicle
07/24/2019
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/The-economy-is-booming-So-why-are-credit-card-14119383.php
New Texas law protects rent-to-own customers against criminal prosecution
The Texas Tribune
06/21/2019
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/21/new-texas-law-protects-rent-own-customers-against-criminal-prosecution/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Fort Worth firm to pay back $39.7 million on payday loans that charged 375% interest
The Dallas Morning News
06/18/2019
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2019/06/18/fort-worth-firm-to-pay-back-39-7-million-on-payday-loans-that-charged-375-interest/
America's economy must better serve Black and Latino Consumers
North Dallas Gazette
06/07/2019
https://northdallasgazette.com/2019/06/17/americas-economy-must-better-serve-black-and-latino-consumers/
Fort Worth and other Texas cities must keep power to rein in predatory payday lending
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
05/03/2019
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article229965584.html
Tow truck driver charged after grandfather killed during repo operation in SW Houston
ABC 13 eyewitness news
05/03/2019
https://abc13.com/grandfather-dies-trying-to-stop-repo-driver-taking-his-suv/5281940/?platform=hootsuite
State bill would harm military, veterans
Temple Daily Telegram
04/28/2019
https://www.tdtnews.com/news/letters_to_the_editor/article_b222c09c-686b-11e9-9bbf-7f04ef024e60.html?platform=hootsuite
Roland Gutierrez's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bill
My SA
04/18/2019
https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/article/Roland-Gutierrez-s-terrible-horrible-no-good-13779023.php?fbclid=IwAR2mqiOJxaMSSlTUyu3Uh9_zIUEmzkH-JeD0Z2UQAJbValS8QjQIp8NkxD4

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