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Alabama

• 03.19.2007 - Industry preys on Alabamians - Montgomery
• 10.11.2006 - Retired colonel slams Barron, loan business - Huntsville
• 09.14.2006 - Loan disagreement - Scottsboro
• 09.14.2006 - Barron touts reform of payday loan industry - Huntsville
• 09.07.2006 - Lending the poor a helping hand - Birmingham
• 07.20.2006 - Man's payday lending schemes: Meet John Gill, Jr. - Phenix City
• 06.10.2006 - Forgive us our debts - Auburn

Alaska

Arizona

• 03.18.2007 - Payday lenders, state reach deal on curbing fees - Phoenix
• 11.04.2006 - Hot line helps Tucsonans avoid predatory lenders - Tucson
• 10.24.2006 - Credit union to offer cheaper alternative to payday loans - Tucson
• 10.14.2006 - Limit need, not loan shops - Tempe
• 09.05.2006 - Payday lenders target young military families - Tucson
• 08.18.2006 - Mesa plan to restrict payday loan stores cited as racism - Mesa
• 05.06.2006 - Payday-loan controls nixed - Phoenix
• 05.05.2006 - Payday-lending reform bill is next to useless - Tucson
• 03.17.2006 - Payday loan survey raises questions - Tucson
• 02.01.2006 - Cash advance to computer upgrades - Scottsdale
• 01.26.2006 - Payday loan customers getting older - Scottsdale
• 12.22.2005 - Arizona payday loan stores face restrictions - Mesa

Arkansas

• 11.22.2006 - Organization cites payday lender actions - Mountain Home
• 11.15.2006 - Arkansas fines payday lender $173,050 - Little Rock
• 09.29.2006 - Arkansas delegation supports payday loan interest cap - Little Rock
• 08.01.2006 - Local payday lender allowed to collect loans - Mountain Home
• 07.20.2006 - Payday loan company shuts doors in Mountain Home - Mountain Home
• 07.05.2006 - Payday lending: Group calls for increased regulation - Mountain Home
• 07.03.2006 - Arkansas payday lender keeps stores open - Mountain Home
• 06.27.2006 - Payday lenders reinventing business model to skirt state law - Little Rock
• 03.21.2006 - Nation's largest payday lender ... out of Arkansas - Little Rock
• 03.20.2006 - Advance America to stop operations in Arkansas - Little Rock
• 03.08.2006 - Who watches lenders? - North Pulaski County
• 01.17.2006 - Alternatives to high interest payday loans are viable - Little Rock

California

• 03.15.2007 - Payday lenders to reform policies - San Francisco
• 11.08.2006 - The truth behind payday loans - Beverly Hills
• 09.08.2006 - California ... orders online payday loan stores to stop lending - Sacramento
• 09.04.2006 - Military wants to crack down on payday lenders - San Diego
• 09.02.2006 - Weekend payday-loan measure fails - Sacramento
• 08.16.2006 - Bay Area check casher moves to Miami - San Francisco
• 08.04.2006 - Shipmates can prevent indebtedness, alcohol-related incidents - San Diego
• 08.02.2006 - Lockyer sues pay day loan company over small claims - Los Angeles
• 08.02.2006 - California payday loan firm faces charges - Pasadena
• 08.01.2006 - California Attorney General Lockyer files lawsuit ... - Pasadena
• 07.10.2006 - Cash America Buys CashNet - Belmont
• 06.17.2006 - Targeting predator lenders - San Diego
• 06.16.2006 - The payday loan trap - San Diego
• 06.09.2006 - Navy preying on predatory lenders - Point Loma Naval Base
• 05.24.2006 - Payday loaning draws outrage at panel hearing - Sacramento
• 05.23.2006 - Service members called vulnerable - San Diego
• 05.08.2006 - LeadClick Media says payday loan leads business is booming - San Francisco
• 04.08.2006 - ACORN turns up the heat on Money Mart - San Francisco Bay Area
• 03.02.2006 - Loan Shark of the Year award given - Fresno
• 01.27.2006 - Can San Francisco control legal loan-sharking? - San Francisco

Colorado

• 09.25.2006 - Payday loan industry grows in state - Denver
• 01.11.2006 - Lenders cash in - Denver

Connecticut

Delaware

• 03.18.2006 - Payday loans gaining popularity - Wilmington
• 02.22.2006 - First Bank of Delaware to end 'payday' loans - Wilmington

Florida

• 11.04.2006 - Professors' research sparks payday loan reforms - Gainesville
• 08.20.2006 - Turning payday into profit - Sarasota
• 07.19.2006 - Florida files suit to open EZPawn's records - Orlando
• 07.16.2006 - Five Short Affiliate Marketing Company Interviews -
• 07.09.2006 - Military personnel prime targets for loans - Florida

Georgia

• 03.18.2007 - Payday lenders hope to return in Georgia - Atlanta
• 09.09.2006 - [Press Release] - TranDotCom Solutions strengthens management team - Kennesaw
• 05.19.2006 - Two convicted in payday loan cases - Bainbridge

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

• 12.27.2006 - Illinois' payday loan problem is far from over - Tinley Park
• 11.30.2006 - 'Marketplace' on payday loans: 'Trapped in Financial Quicksand' - Chicago
• 11.25.2006 - Report blasts payday lenders - Sterling
• 11.23.2006 - Dan Rather Reports criticizes payday loan industry - Alton
• 11.01.2006 - Illinois fines payday lenders $500,000 in 10 months - Springfield
• 10.31.2006 - Blagojevich's payday lending reforms save Illinois borrowers $6.4 million - Chicago
• 10.22.2006 - PLS payday loan store donates $18,000 to schools - Chicago
• 09.07.2006 - Blagojevich calls for federal payday lending protections - Chicago
• 07.12.2006 - Payday loan crackdown ... Blagojevich aide politicizing issue - Chicago
• 07.07.2006 - Illinois State: Fine AmeriCash for alleged overcharges - Springfield
• 06.28.2006 - Blagojevich turns up heat on payday lenders again - Springfield
• 06.01.2006 - Payday lenders win one in court - Lincoln
• 04.05.2006 - New rules seek to reform small loans - Aurora
• 04.05.2006 - State revokes licenses - Aurora
• 02.11.2006 - Payday loan law put on hold - Springfield
• 12.21.2005 - Illinois issues fines under new payday loan law - Springfield

Indiana

• 06.19.2006 - Working poor at risk in the market place - Merrillville

Iowa

• 11.25.2006 - Payday loans have pitfalls - Mason City
• 07.07.2006 - John Edwards: stop predatory lenders - Des Moines

Kansas

• 12.11.2006 - Legislator targets payday lenders - Wichita
• 09.05.2006 - Loan shops cash in on the suburbs - Kansas City
• 08.18.2006 - Payday loan company pays $500,000 in back wages - Kansas City
• 06.26.2006 - Some overuse bank overdraft programs - Wichita
• 06.24.2006 - Interview with JJ Selmon, Community Organizer - LoanMax Protest -
• 06.19.2006 - Regulate payday loans - Wichita
• 06.09.2006 - Industry leaders, consumer advocates to meet about payday loans - Wichita
• 06.04.2006 - Protesters target local loan businesses - Wichita
• 06.02.2006 - Group to protest payday loans - Wichita
• 05.04.2006 - Payday loan company QC Holdings reports drop in income - Kansas City

Kentucky

• 09.26.2006 - Davis now supports loan caps - Lexington
• 09.20.2006 - Congressman Davis touts his payday loan proposal - Frankfort
• 07.22.2006 - Republic Bancorp profits decline 28 percent, still 'solid' - Louisville
• 05.12.2006 - Documents w/personal info found outside payday loan business - Louisville
• 03.02.2006 - Republic Bank ending payday loan business - Louisville

Louisiana

• 07.26.2006 - Payday loan perils - Baton Rouge
• 06.20.2006 - The loan peddlers - Baton Rouge

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

• 10.07.2006 - Payday loan firms feeling the pinch - Detroit
• 08.27.2006 - New state laws regulate payday-advance loans - Grand Rapids
• 07.02.2006 - Payday-loan rules provide break - Detroit
• 06.04.2006 - Payday lenders say they offer a way out - Battle Creek

Minnesota

• 01.21.2006 - Fall victim finds financial relief with a lawsuit loan - Minneapolis
• 12.28.2005 - Personal injury cash advance helps auto accident victim - Minneapolis

Mississippi

• 09.25.2006 - Advocacy group wants more limits on payday loan establishments - Meridian
• 09.22.2006 - Columnist revisits state's payday loan policy - Hattiesburg
• 09.08.2006 - Payday lenders easy to find - Jackson
• 09.08.2006 - Legislature should look at payday industry - Hattiesburg

Missouri

• 11.15.2006 - Predatory loans rob from the poor - Springfield
• 11.10.2006 - Payday lender QC Financial Services faces class-action lawsuit - Kansas City
• 09.12.2006 - Governor puts end to payday lending operations in nursing homes - Springfield
• 08.06.2006 - Payday loan rate cap aims to help service members - Kansas City
• 03.05.2006 - Quick cash lashes borrowers - St. Louis

Montana

• 12.15.2006 - Montana officials push for 'payday' loan regulation - Great Falls

Nebraska

Nevada

• 11.14.2006 - Credit union offers payday lending alternative - Las Vegas
• 02.17.2006 - Report offers boost for payday-loan industry - Las Vegas
• 12.15.2005 - Las Vegas Valley payday loan stores face checks, balances - Las Vegas

New Hampshire

• 03.18.2007 - Boost or burden? Proposed law to control payday lending - Concord
• 12.13.2006 - Regulate, don't ban, state's payday lenders - Concord
• 05.21.2006 - Legislature must set cap on payday loans - Nashua
• 05.14.2006 - Alternatives to small, short-term loans are available - Nashua
• 05.14.2006 - Short-term payday loans do a booming business in N.H. - Nashua

New Jersey

• 12.04.2006 - FiSCA press release blasts CRL study critical of payday loan industry - Hackensack
• 08.11.2006 - Supremes Rule Against ... Binding Arbitration Clause - Trenton

New Mexico

• 03.16.2007 - House, Senate lawmakers agree on payday loan restrictions - Santa Fe
• 03.16.2007 - Payday loan regulation bill passes Senate - Santa Fe
• 09.12.2006 - Military looks to change laws regarding payday loans - Portales
• 08.31.2006 - Court wacks payday-loan rules - Albuquerque
• 07.15.2006 - Consider options before going to a payday lender - Albuquerque
• 07.15.2006 - One family shows there is a way out from the payday loan cycle - Albuquerque
• 07.14.2006 - Lawmakers work to make payday loans more manageable - Albuquerque
• 05.29.2006 - New Mexico Payday Loan Regulation -
• 05.25.2006 - New Mexico puts the brakes on new payday loan licenses - Santa Fe
• 05.19.2006 - Judges won't hear payday loan cases - Gallup
• 05.18.2006 - New Mexico rules to cap payday loan fees - Albuquerque
• 04.01.2006 - Payday loan company makes travel donations to ... Richardson - Albuquerque
• 02.23.2006 - Tsosie filibusters payday loan bill - Gallup
• 02.12.2006 - Payday loan bill revised - Gallup
• 02.07.2006 - House approves bill to regulate payday lending - Santa Fe
• 02.04.2006 - Customer warns: 'These places are back breakers' - Farmington
• 12.08.2005 - Indian Affairs Committee panel proposes payday-loan limit - Santa Fe

New York

• 06.22.2006 - Advance America Cash Advance Centers upgraded ... - New York
• 06.05.2006 - GAO: Military Disciplinary Board ... payday loan ripoff - Fort Drum
• 01.30.2006 - This opinion brought to you by... - New York

North Carolina

• 09.28.2006 - Payday lending cultivates legislative support for comeback - Greensboro
• 09.15.2006 - Credit unions offer payday loan alternative - Fayetteville
• 06.02.2006 - House bill proposes new short-term loan - Raleigh
• 03.05.2006 - Payday lenders gone, not demand ... - Charlotte
• 03.01.2006 - Three NC payday lenders agree to close, nearly drying up industry - Raleigh
• 01.12.2006 - Payday-loan businesses still operate - Greensboro
• 12.23.2005 - Cash Advance's loans in N.C. ruled illegal - Winston-Salem

North Dakota

Ohio

• 11.15.2006 - Ohio credit unions provide alternative to payday lenders - Dayton
• 07.22.2006 - Interview with Greg Fay - Payday Loan Store Owner -

Oklahoma

• 10.26.2006 - Oklahoma consumers warned about solicitations for online loans - Ardmore
• 09.13.2006 - Keeping poor people in their place - Cushing

Oregon

• 11.23.2006 - 'Dan Rather Reports' criticizes payday loan industry - Portland
• 11.22.2006 - Payday loan limits are long past due - Eugene
• 08.11.2006 - Oregon: Report sparks interest in tightening payday loan rules - Portland
• 08.11.2006 - State promoting alternatives to payday loans - Portland
• 08.09.2006 - Keizer will await 2007 payday-loan law - Salem
• 07.28.2006 - Oregon Governor promotes ... payday loan alternatives - Portland
• 07.07.2006 - An unjust assault on payday loan industry - Salem
• 07.06.2006 - We owe more thought to payday loan issue - Salem
• 07.02.2006 - Payday lenders look for ways around cap - Salem
• 06.07.2006 - Oregon City officials look to set limits on payday loans - Oregon City
• 05.20.2006 - Keep lid on payday loans - Eugene
• 04.22.2006 - Industry to fight payday loan limits - Salem
• 04.21.2006 - Motivations questioned in payday-loan vote - Salem
• 04.20.2006 - Payday loan regulations win final approval - Salem
• 04.19.2006 - Payday loan reform heats up - Salem
• 04.13.2006 - Group asks for strong payday loan law or nothing at all - Portland
• 04.12.2006 - Payday loans under fire for high interest charges - Eugene
• 03.24.2006 - Loans that come easy can go bad fast - Portland
• 02.28.2006 - Reformers take aim at payday loan rates - Eugene
• 01.19.2006 - Catholic leaders call payday loan outfits 'predatory' ... - Portland
• 01.12.2006 - Witnesses call for lending limits - Salem
• 12.13.2005 - Oregon payday loan shops under fire from officials - Portland

Pennsylvania

• 11.17.2006 - Dollar Financial acquires 23 Florida payday loan stores - Berwyn
• 09.29.2006 - Banks waver, CUs step up with payday loan choices - Pittsburgh
• 06.22.2006 - Critics say high-price 'Choice' loan is still illegal - Pittsburgh
• 02.05.2006 - Interest grows in payday loan companies populating Poconos - Stroudsburg
• 12.22.2005 - Pennsylvania lawsuit over payday lending seeks ... thousands - Philadelphia

Rhode Island

South Carolina

• 11.08.2006 - Internet payday lenders targeted - Charleston
• 10.20.2006 - Advance America gives $50,000 to United Way - Spartanburg
• 09.25.2006 - Advance America to stop providing payday loans to military personnel - Spartanburg
• 09.12.2006 - Advance America buying back stock - Spartanburg
• 08.30.2006 - Save military, civilians from onslaught of predatory lenders - Columbia
• 08.16.2006 - Advance America increases stock repurchase program - Spartanburg
• 07.28.2006 - Advance America retreats - Spartanburg
• 07.26.2006 - Advance America announces results of second quarter - Spartanburg
• 07.16.2006 - Lenders cashing in on short-term loans - Charleston
• 03.23.2006 - S.C. must rein in payday lenders ... - Columbia
• 03.07.2006 - BankWest ... Advance America to cease payday loan ops ... - Spartanburg

South Dakota

• 11.17.2006 - South Dakota senator wants second look at payday loan cap - Pierre
• 02.02.2006 - House committee endorses payday loan plan - Pierre
• 01.25.2006 - Bills to rein in payday loans surface in Pierre - Pierre
• 01.15.2006 - Legislators: Payday loan companies might see limits - Pierre

Tennessee

• 12.28.2006 - Jones defends cash advance businesses - Cleveland

Texas

• 12.28.2006 - 2006 in review: EZCORP - Austin
• 12.28.2006 - 2006 in review: Cash America - Fort Worth
• 12.28.2006 - Widen payday loan limits - Austin
• 09.19.2006 - Cash America clicks with payday loans - Fort Worth
• 09.18.2006 - Cash America completes acquisition of CashNetUSA - Fort Worth
• 08.29.2006 - ACE Cash Express Q4 profit rises on higher revenues - Dallas
• 08.28.2006 - First Cash acquires Buy-Here/Pay-Here automotive retailer - Arlington
• 08.02.2006 - Military payday loans - Katy
• 07.27.2006 - Cash America announces a 58 percent increase in ... income - Fort Worth
• 07.26.2006 - EZCORP payday loan revenue up 78 percent, raises 2006 guidance - Austin
• 05.24.2006 - AG sues loan company, citing sky-high lending rates - Waco
• 05.23.2006 - State sues El Paso payday lender, claims loan shark operation - El Paso

Utah

• 09.05.2006 - Utah lawmakers consider limiting payday loans to military - Hill Air Force Base

Vermont

Virginia

• 12.17.2006 - Who would span the payday lending gap? - Richmond
• 12.06.2006 - Payday loan measure killed in committee - Richmond
• 12.04.2006 - Avoid the loan sharks - Alexandria
• 10.07.2006 - Virginia delegates push payday loan reforms - Fredericksburg
• 09.22.2006 - The Payday Mayday: Faith communities join to curb predator practices - Richmond
• 08.13.2006 - Virginia trying to set spending limits - Hampton Roads
• 08.04.2006 - Lawmaker takes interest in car-title, payday loans - Hampton Roads
• 05.24.2006 - Virginia payday loan reform is past due - Roanoke
• 05.16.2006 - Norfolk aims to curb number of payday lenders - Norfolk
• 05.04.2006 - Payday lending now has 1 billion dollar foothold in Virginia - Richmond
• 02.20.2006 - Military loses to payday lenders - Hampton Roads
• 02.14.2006 - Payday-lending bill is pulled - Richmond
• 01.26.2006 - Payday-loan repeal sought - Richmond

Washington

• 12.26.2006 - Critics want to curb payday loans - Olympia
• 12.13.2006 - Payday Mayday: The law should treat adults as adults - Seattle
• 12.06.2006 - Payday loan profits may be limited - Vancouver
• 11.16.2006 - Payday lenders face calls for increased legislation - Seattle
• 08.17.2006 - Payday lender Check 'N Go faces license revocation, fines - Olympia
• 08.16.2006 - State regulators start proceedings against payday lender - Seattle
• 02.02.2006 - Toll taken by payday loans gets attention from military - Olympia
• 02.02.2006 - Military calls for more restrictions on payday lenders - Olympia

Washington D.C.

• 12.08.2006 - Lawmakers urge payday loan alternatives
• 12.07.2006 - Extend loan interest cap to all, lawmaker says
• 10.18.2006 - President caps payday loan rates to military personnel at 36 percent
• 09.21.2006 - Lawmakers agree on 36 percent payday loan cap
• 09.19.2006 - Breaking the cycle of the payday loan 'trap'
• 09.16.2006 - Senators consider payday loan limits, criticize industry
• 09.14.2006 - Testimony: Defense Department predatory lending report seriously flawed
• 09.13.2006 - Payday lender plan could nix profit from military
• 09.10.2006 - On payday, many GIs pay back
• 09.07.2006 - Talent renews push for cap on payday loan interest rates
• 08.31.2006 - Pentagon sees risk in troops' loan debt
• 08.15.2006 - Pentagon backs effort to cap interest rate on 'payday loans'
• 08.03.2006 - 'Payday' loans become target in Washington
• 05.04.2006 - CFA launches payday loan information website
• 02.01.2006 - US troops screwed by loan shark companies

West Virginia

• 03.14.2007 - Payday loan companies agree to cease lawful debt collection in West Virginia - Charleston
• 10.27.2006 - State's only payday lender leaves the area - Charleston

Wisconsin

• 10.29.2006 - Credit unions find niches - Madison
• 05.20.2006 - Putting the brakes on payday loans - Racine
• 04.09.2006 - Payday loan regulations stalled in Madison - Madison

Wyoming

International - United Kingdom

• 03.30.2006 - My Payday Loan survey shows customers are happy - Oxon

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