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Proposed ballot initiative would ask Colorado voters to cap payday lending rates at 36 percent
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(Editor’s note: The Center for Responsible Lending and the Bell Policy Center are part of the Financial Equity Coalition, which is pushing the ballot initiative. The original post is below.) ************ A ballot question in November would ask voters in November to cap rates charged by payday lenders at 36 percent. But to get on…
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Protesters dressed as ‘Handmaids’ plan to greet Vice President Mike Pence at Colorado GOP fundraiser
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Protesters dressed like characters in the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” plan to greet Vice President Mike Pence Thursday outside a fundraiser for Colorado Republicans in Greenwood Village. “By wearing the handmaid’s red cape and white bonnet, we will send a strong message to Pence and the administration that we demand freedom and autonomy…
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Flawed ‘anti-sharia bill’ fails to win over Colorado lawmakers
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A Republican-controlled committee voted down a bill meant to protect Coloradans from foreign laws that might infringe on the “fundamental liberties” guaranteed by U.S. federal and state constitutions. Sponsored by Fort Collins Senate Republican Vicki Marble, Senate Bill 277 was introduced quietly on Friday, March 31. It never mentions the word “sharia,” but it soon…
