How Predatory Payday Lenders Plot to Fight Government Regulation
Months before a federal agency proposed a new rule threatening the profits of exploitative payday lenders across America, the industry’s leaders gathered at a posh resort in the Bahamas to prepare for war. At the March strategy session, Gil Rudolph of Greenberg Traurig, one of several law firms working with the lenders,
Merkley urges Senate panel to confirm EXIM Bank nominee
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley , D-Ore., called on Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Richard Shelby on Thursday to act on strong bipartisan support for the Export-Import Bank by confirming the EXIM Bank Board of Directors nominee to restore the operating quorum. Small businesses across America, including
Merkley Statement on DEA’s Decision Not to Reschedule Marijuana
Portland, OR. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the announcement from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that the U.S. will affirm its prohibition on medical marijuana. “Today’s announcement from the DEA is a huge disappointment to people in the 27 jurisdictions across the country that have
Merkley Urges Senate Banking Committee to Confirm EXIM Bank Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley called on Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Richard Shelby to act on strong bipartisan support for the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank by confirming the EXIM Bank Board of Directors nominee to restore the operating quorum. Small businesses across America, including
Filling the Gender Gap in Portland’s Construction Industry
Connie Ashbrook has seen hundreds of women pass through Oregon Tradeswomen Inc.’s (OTI) pre-apprenticeships since she helped found the organization in 1989. One that sticks out in her memory is a 24-year-old student who relocated to Portland, Oregon, all the way from Wyoming because she wanted a career that mixed brain with
Local brewers cheer Oregon senator’s provisions in merger of beer giants
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced several provisions Thursday in Portland that will take some of the bite out of a major beer merger. AB Inbev and SABMiller filed for a merger and that had many craft brewers across the country worried that they would not be
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