A move to add zoning restrictions on businesses that make “payday loans” has North Little Rock officials looking at a two-year, citywide moratorium on new check-cashing businesses.
Archive: August 2007 | Section: Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
After a mild start to summer, the high heat has arrived in August with a vengeance. And high temperatures in August mean high electricity bills in September.
Archive: August 2007 | Section: Media, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video
North Little Rock may ban any new check cashing and pay day loan companies from coming into the city. It’s the latest in a series of bans that cover everything from pit bulls to novelty lighters. Is North Little Rock ban happy or just a progressive city taking action when needed?
Here is a list of some of things North Little Rock has banned recently:
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Archive: August 2007 | Section: Media, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video
Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program is supporting several initiatives to increase asset building opportunities for working Arkansans. A key priority is increasing funding for the state’s Individual Development Account (IDA) program.
Archive: August 2007 | Section: Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
Voters narrowly approved a single, two-cent sales tax increase here just over a year after they rejected two separate proposals to raise the sales tax by 1 percentage point.
The increase - which will raise the total sales tax charged in the city to 10 percent - passed by a 125 vote margin Tuesday, with 1,555 votes for the tax and 1,430 casting their ballots against the tax.
Archive: May 2007 | Section: Phillips County, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
William Thomas Jr. invests in his future every month by bringing his piggy bank savings to First Bank of the Delta. The Phillips County pre-schooler already is saving for college and talks excitedly about going to college, thanks to an innovative program that supercharges his family’s own savings.
Archive: April 2007 | Section: Phillips County, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund
America’s personal savings rate is abysmally low. Last year the personal savings rate was negative, the lowest annual rate since the Great Depression. Whether the objective is to promote retirement security, improve educational attainment or increase financial literacy, the need to increase household savings is vitally clear.
Archive: March 2007 | Section: Media, Other Related News, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video
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.
Archive: January 2007 | Section: Media, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video
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.
Archive: December 2005 | Section: Media, Public Policy, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video
