Newsletter, March 2023
CEI Newsletter for March, 2023 This month’s Newsletter, emailed to our subscribers, starts with a letter from the Executive Director and a photo of our […]
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Consumer Protection
CFPB Orders TitleMax to Pay a $10 Million Penalty for Unlawful Title Loans and Overcharging Military Families
CFPB Press Release | February 23, 2023 Repeat offender doctored information, ignored military protection law, and levied fees for useless products WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today,
Six of The Eight Largest Banks Now Offer Affordable Small Loans
PEW | By: Alex Horowitz & Gabriel Kravitz | January 24, 2023 The consumer-friendly moves provide savings to customers over costly lenders Just five years
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How Title Lenders Trap Poor Americans in Debt With Triple-Digit Interest Rates
ProPublica | by Margaret Coker, The Current, and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, with research by Mollie Simon, ProPublica | November 14, 2022 “TMX Finance, TitleMax’s parent
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Arizona measure could be a model for Democrats nationwide
Politico | By Megan Messerly | October 26, 2022 “The union did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but in-state supporters of the measure,
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A wonky Arizona ballot measure could unlock a new path to easing medical debt
Vox | By Dylan Scott | October 23, 2022 Is going straight to voters the way to fix America’s medical debt crisis? Pervasive medical debt
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Wall Street’s Single-Family Home Grab, Phoenix — The Series
Law360 Real Estate Authority | October 21, 2022 Wall Street corporations have been quietly buying up tens of thousands of single-family homes across the U.S.
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Wall Street’s Single-Family Home Grab, Phoenix — Part 4
Law360 Real Estate Authority | By Emma Whitford | October 19, 2022 “Kelly Griffith, director of the Southwest Center for Economic Integrity in Tucson, said
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Prop. would reduce rates on medical debt interest
Arizona Republic | By Stephanie Innes | October 11, 2022 Arizona will serve as a national test case when voters are asked to approve a
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Tucson Opinion: Prop 209 protects Arizona families with crushing medical debt — like mine
Tucson.com | By Anna McCallister-Nichols Special to the Arizona Daily Star | October 9, 2022 The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: