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  • Oregon’s High School Dropouts Cost State $400 Million Annually March 10, 2010
    Oregon's high school dropouts are costing state taxpayers more than $400 million per year, according to a study released today by the Foundation for Educational Choice and Cascade Policy Institut... […]
  • Meth Kingpins Get More Than Decade In Prison March 10, 2010
    SALEM, Ore. -- Two leaders of a Mexico-based methamphetamine ring that operated in Oregon and Washington state have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Prosecutors said Luis Ramirez-Velasc... […]
  • Unlicensed Dentist Charged In Shooting Death March 10, 2010
    PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Russian-speaking immigrant who police said may have been practicing dentistry without a license for years in Oregon has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man beli... […]
  • Cannon Beach May Increase Lodging Tax March 10, 2010
    CANNON BEACH, Ore. -- The city of Cannon Beach will consider increasing its lodging tax to help pay for efforts to boost tourism. City Manager Rich Mays presented councilors with a draft resolution Tu... […]
  • Second missing champion show dog found safe March 10, 2010
    Io was found on U.S. 12 Wednesday afternoon about 1/2 mile from where she ran away on Sunday. She had little tears on her foot and a small scratch on her leg, but was otherwise doing well. […]

RSS NYT > Payday Loans

  • The Places They Go When Banks Say No January 30, 2010
    As traditional banks have spurned small businesses, many have turned to firms that provide a relatively expensive alternative: purchase-order financing. […]
  • These Rates Would Shock a Loan Shark November 24, 2009
    At consumer debt court, high interest rates are the norm, but they are not illegal. That could change, though, if a new effort bears fruit. […]
  • Banks Balk at Agency Meant to Aid Consumers June 30, 2009
    The administration’s proposal for the new agency marks the first shot in a battle over how to regulate home mortgages, credit cards and other forms of lending. […]
  • Pay Pals June 9, 2009
    Senator Christopher Dodd should go after, not cozy up to, the payday-loan industry for its egregious exploitation of people’s desperation. […]
  • Lenders Thwart Ohio Law Intended to Limit High Interest on Payday Loans April 15, 2009
    Despite a law capping the annual interest rate for short-term loans at 28 percent, some lenders are using different laws to charge up to 680 percent interest. […]
  • 391 Percent Payday Loan April 12, 2009
    Congress should resist an ersatz reform that would allow lenders to continue to charge exorbitant interest rates on payday loans. […]
  • LETTERS; Check Cashers, Redeemed November 22, 2008
    Four letters on Douglas McGray's Nov 9 article on check-cashing services and payday loans; writers are Jose Cisneros, treasurer of city and county of San Francisco, Joseph Coleman, chairman of Financial Service Centers of America, Liana Molina of California Reinvestment Coalition and Donald M Seib […]
  • Check Cashers, Redeemed November 8, 2008
    Many low-income Americans were wary of banks even before the latest round of failures and takeovers. Is a semi-reformed payday lender the right guy to bring the urban poor into the banking system? […]
  • Mailing Our Way to Solvency October 5, 2008
    The United States should go back to using the one government institution that is found in most neighborhoods the post office as local savings bank. […]
  • Some States Set Caps to Control Payday Loans September 7, 2008
    To aid borrowers, Ohio lawmakers push for new regulations capping payday loans. […]