Ark. AG asks payday lenders to shut down or face lawsuits
LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel moved Tuesday to shut down payday lending companies in the state, saying the fees they…
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Arkansas enforces 17 percent interest rate cap, chases out payday lenders
Southern Good Faith Fund's Policy Team has been leading the Arkansans Against Payday Lending coalition. Good news out of Arkansas: after a hard-fought legal…
Southern Good Faith Fund and Southern Bancorp offer free income tax preparation services
Southern’s Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) sites have processed more than $1 million in 2007 tax year refunds; all sites open through April 15,…
Ben Steinberg Receives Non-Profit Executive of the Year Award
Ben Steinberg came to Little Rock four years ago as a volunteer in Wesley Clark’s presidential campaign and never left the state. In July…
Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative: Progress Report of Activities and Outcomes during Program Year Two
The following report includes sections on the growing popularity of career pathways strategies nationally, the need for the Career Pathways Initiative in Arkansas, the…
Subcommittee considers, “What will sell?”
Members of the housing subcommittee of the Clark County Strategic Plan will contact all the mayors in the county to get their communities involved…
