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Arkansas Higher Education Trust Fund to make college possible for every Arkansan

January 4th, 2007
By Kim Betton // KARK Channel 4

Mike Leach, Director of Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy Program, during a news conference at the state Capitol in January 2007 explains a report by the Policy Program that proposes creation of an Arkansas Higher Education Trust Fund to make college possible for every Arkansan.

AR Supreme Court Hears Payday-Lending Case Arguments

November 7th, 2006

A lawyer representing a consumers group asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday to repeal the state’s check cashers law.

The high court heard oral arguments in an appeal brought by several consumers and Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending after a Pulaski County judge dismissed their lawsuit.

The plaintiffs say the state law allows payday lenders to illegally loan money with triple digit interest rates.

Thursday, attorney Todd Turner

An Interview with Senator Blanche Lincoln

November 6th, 2006

Senator Blanche Lincoln was recently interviewed by The MicroEnterprise Journal’s MicroBusiness News Briefs. MNB has begun conducting interviews with members of the Senate who are also members of Generation Jones: born between 1954 and 1965 and mistakenly called Boomers for most of our lives.

Jonsers are an interesting mix, possessing both the idealism of the Boomers and the realism of GenXers. We are less prone to ideological dogma and more inclined

Arkansas Assets and Opportunity Scorecard 2005 news conference at state Capitol

December 20th, 2005
By Melissa Dunbar // KTHV Channel 11

Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy Program in December 2005 hosted a news conference at the state Capitol to release the Arkansas Assets and Opportunity Scorecard 2005, a publication that outlined several key policy proposals to improve asset-building opportunities for Arkansans.

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