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Tag: Payday loans

Direct-deposit helps city workers enter the financial mainstream

July 8, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Banks, Cities, Good government Leave a comment

From the department of good government practices: St. Louis’ City Treasurer Tishaura Jones is helping city workers escape the high-interest, payday loan world and

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Wanted: More masochists in Missouri

September 5, 2012 Barbara Finch Business, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Financial reform, Missouri region, Poverty, States Leave a comment

Honestly, I think you have to be a masochist to work for social justice in MIssouri. Case in point:  the recent effort to get

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Missouri ballot initiatives: Will big-business’ interests trump voters’ interests?

June 7, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal Business, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

Three measures in Missouri garnered enough petition signatures to make it on the November 2012 ballot, but will Missourians’ conviction be enough? With nearly

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Payday loans: preying on the poor

December 7, 2010 Stacy Mergenthal Economy, Financial reform, Missouri region 10 comments

Every November, a host of new fliers appear on doors in my low-income neighborhood. They are not typical advertisements. With all the Black Friday

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