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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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Colorado consumer rights groups say read the fine print on holiday deals
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Colorado’s most politically engaged consumer rights groups have a holiday message, a gift that keeps on giving all year long: read the fine print. Products that could prove faulty might leave buyers (and victims) with arbitration instead of a justice, members of the Colorado Consumer Protection Coalition warned in Denver Thursday. “Corporations shouldn’t be able…
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Delta County GOP chair resigns in wake of racist social media post
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The embattled chair of the Delta County GOP resigned Thursday night, a month after a racist post on her Facebook page drew national attention and calls for her ouster. In early June, the NAACP Colorado State Conference demanded that Delta County Republican Party Chair Linda Sorenson, who also served as GOP chair of the 3rd…
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House to meet with Delta County GOP chair, expects resolution after racist post
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Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House says he expects a resolution after he meets with the embattled chair of the Delta County GOP on Monday as calls mounted for her ouster Friday in the wake of a racist post on her Facebook page. “We fully expect that the meeting on Monday will yield a resolution on the future…
