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Luxury apartments for a mixed use project for River Walk
A geometric 17-story building rising along the River Walk stands out from its neighbors for several reasons. It will also be modern, with asymmetrical floors positioned on three levels, minimalist unit designs and an automated parking system. Named Floodgate after a nearby bridge and sluice, the building at 143 E. Commerce St. is expected to …

Vince Neil appears in Dollar Loan Center ad
As Vince Neil prepares for Motley Crue’s return to the road on this summer’s stadium tour (36 dates, over 1 million tickets sold to date, VIP ticket prices over $1000) , he may not be the first person you might turn to for advice on payday loans. But here we are. Neil has teamed up …

Beware of Claims of Financial Inclusion Amid Cryptocurrency
In theory, this pilot looks promising. What’s better than free cash, goods and services in a cash-strapped town? However, closer examination raises serious concerns about the risks asked of low-income Chicagoans. The mayor and her team shouldn’t promote cryptocurrencies for their “financial inclusion” benefits, when these claims lack evidence and the crypto space remains unregulated …

$1 billion in customer debt resolved
In 5 years, Beyond Finance has earned the trust of over 140,000 clients with an average of $23,600 in unsecured debt. Tweet that Among these customers is Amy, whose husband had a tragic motorcycle accident and had intermittent surgery for more than a year. When she called Beyond Finance, she had more than $50,000 indebted. …
CDFI has a new tool to boost minority homeownership
Q&A: How securitization could make buying a home more accessible for borrowers from black, Latino and low-income communities. Expanding access to property is crucial to closing the racial wealth gap. The society of changean Irvine, Calif.-based CDFI is working to address this problem by making homeownership more accessible to creditworthy borrowers from black, Latino, and …

Chicago Community Trust CEO Helene Gayle Named Next Spelm Chair – BOTWC
She wants to help shape young black women! Chicago Community Trust CEO steps down to become president of Spelman College, WBEZ Chicago Reports. The Trust is an organization that was established over 100 years ago to bring together private donors, non-profit organizations and local residents under one philanthropic arm. Today it is one of the …

So-called “free credit” offers come with costly catches
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) plans are increasingly being offered as a convenient credit alternative that allows purchases to be made in installments, typically four payments over six weeks. The so-called “fintech” (financial technology) companies that offer these plans often advertise them as offering consumers interest-free payments without impacting credit scores. But consumer groups and …

FinHealth 2022 spending report marks first-ever drop in a decade
Chicago, IL, April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Financial Health Network, the national authority on financial health, in partnership with Prudential Financial, today released the FinHealth Spend Report 2022, examining how households Americans are managing their finances and accessing credit in the second year of the pandemic. Analysis of year-over-year trends for more than …

FinHealth 2022 spending report marks first-ever drop in a decade
Chicago, IL, April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Financial Health Network, the national authority on financial health, in partnership with Prudential Financial, today released the FinHealth Spend Report 2022, examining how American households were managing their finances and accessing credit in the second year of the pandemic. Analysis of year-over-year trends for more than …

FinHealth 2022 Spending Report Marks First-Ever Drop in Ten-Year History of Tracking Fees and… | News
Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Financial Health Network, the national authority on financial health, in partnership with Prudential Financial, today released The 2022 FinHealth Spending Report, examining how U.S. households managed their finances and accessed credit in the second year of the pandemic. Analysis of year-over-year trends for more than two …

Chicago Community Trust CEO Helene Gayle resigns
The head of one of Chicago’s largest foundations is stepping down to become president of Spelman College. Helene Gayle announced Monday that she is leaving the Chicago Community Trust in June to lead the historically black women’s university in Atlanta. She said she thought running the Trust would be her last job, but she couldn’t …
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Child tax credit: is the expanded child tax credit dead? Did this help?
Children ate better, families paid off their debts and parents were able to improve their job skills when the expanded child tax credit was sent directly to American families. That’s according to a Brookings Institution global working paper released this month that examines the now-defunct expansion, which was paid monthly for six months. The report, …

Debt margin shrinks further amid imploded flying highs and stock market sell-off: Not a good sign for stocks
There are other types of stock market leverage, and no one knows how much leverage there is in total. Margin debt is the only indicator reported. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Margin debt — the only type of stock market leverage regularly reported — fell another $36 billion, or 4.3%, in March from February, …

US venture capitalists pump $13 billion into Canadian IT
American investors are sending big money north to fund Canadian information technology (IT) startups, which raised a record $13.6 billion in venture capital (VC) last year. That’s according to a Monday, April 18 report from The Wall Street Journal, which said many venture capitalists are drawn to bustling tech hubs in cities like Vancouver and …

The economy in a nutshell: Starbucks’ union wave continues
Additionally, the New York State Common wants big banks to stop investing in fossil fuels, and a new report shows payday loan reforms are saving borrowers millions in fees. Starbucks Union Wave continues Workers at a Starbucks coffee shop in Pittsburgh voted unanimously (20:0) to become the first store in Pennsylvania to unionize. Their success …

The easiest loans to get
You can get approved for some loans, such as emergency loans, payday loans, and bad credit or no credit check loans, even if you don’t have the best credit or a stable income. They can provide you with the funds you need to pay for any expenses that may arise. But just because these loans …

Consolidate your debt in 8 easy steps
Do you feel overwhelmed by your debt? Are you juggling payments to multiple creditors? Are you tired of being harassed by cashiers? If so, you are not alone. Many people find themselves in difficult financial situations, but there is hope. You can consolidate your debts with a personal loan. Debt consolidation consists of combining several …

OppFi stock: a potential bottom (NYSE: OPFI)
William_Potter/iStock via Getty Images We are not rich in what we have but in what we can do without..― Immanuel Kant Today we are looking at a small financial business. The company went public last summer via a SPAC. Like so many others brought to the public via this avenue in 2021, the shares find …

Ill. Legal Funding Bill Raises Concerns About Pressure On Settlement
By Lauraann Wood (April 7, 2022, 4:48 p.m. EDT) – Illinois lawmakers sent Governor JB Pritzker’s office Wednesday legislation regulating the state’s largely unchecked consumer legal funding market, despite concerns from opponents of the bill that it could add an invisible side to settlement negotiations and hurt lawsuit resolutions more than it helps them. If …

Ill. Legal Funding Bill Raises Concerns About Pressure On Settlement
By Lauraann Wood (April 7, 2022, 4:48 p.m. EDT) – Illinois lawmakers sent Governor JB Pritzker’s office Wednesday legislation regulating the state’s largely unchecked consumer legal funding market, despite concerns from opponents of the bill that it could add an invisible side to settlement negotiations and hurt lawsuit resolutions more than it helps them. If …

Best Bad Credit Loans of 2022 – Forbes Advisor
When it comes to personal loans, there are two types of loans: secured loans and unsecured loans. However, if you are having difficulty qualifying for a personal loan, consider other bad credit loans. Secured and Unsecured Personal Loans for Bad Credit Traditional personal loans can be secured or unsecured. Secured loans require you to provide …
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Illinois is now better off without payday lenders
A year ago, Illinois’ Predatory Loan Prevention Act went into effect, creating a 36% interest cap on consumer loans. I was one of the legislators who fought hard to get that price cap passed. Payday lenders were charging over 300% interest. Low-income people who needed money to meet an emergency often felt they had no …

Trend Report: Sparkling Water Dispenser Market Size, Latest Trends, Growth and Share 2022
“ Get a sample report Buy the full report Customization request Global Carbonated Water Dispensers Market Research and Analysis Report According to Verified Market Research, Global Sparkling Water Dispensers Market was valued at USD 818.35 Million in 2021 and will grow with a CAGR of 2.88% from 2021 to 2027. Report Hive Research Market Reports …

Reviews | The monster that followed him from the war
After a month, the first symptoms appeared: pressure on the chest, knotted stomach, a thickening aura followed by the sensation of someone scratching the base of the skull. He was quarantined over Christmas for fear he had caught a virus; the base medics dispelled his concern, saying it was “Iraqi rawness”. When her husband returned …

‘We can stop sinking’: Lawmakers mark anniversary of Illinois’ break with payday loans
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) – Lawmakers celebrated the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA) on Wednesday. The PLPA sets a statutory maximum interest rate for consumer loans at 36%. The bill, which was part of the Legislative Black Caucus’ economic equity agenda, passed both houses in January 2021. Governor Pritzker …

Bringing personal finance to the classroom for Gen Z
“When it’s mandatory, everyone has access,” said Rebecca Maxcy, director of the Financial Education Initiative at the University of Chicago. Update March 18, 2022, 9:32 p.m. ET While progress between the states is encouraging, there’s still more to be done, said Nan J. Morrison, president and CEO of the Council for Economic Education. Currently, only …
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Best small personal loans of March 2022
OppLoans installment loan product is the best option available for applicants with poor credit or no credit history. You can borrow a small amount starting at $500 and your positive repayment history will be reported to the three major credit bureaus. If you are not eligible for other options due to your credit score, OppLoans …

Deed contract may leave Midwestern homebuyers out in the cold | State News
Most Americans who want to own a home — and can afford it — follow a fairly straightforward path to their dreams. They start with a loan from a bank or mortgage company, institutions subject to state and federal regulations. When buyers close in on the property they want, the deal is registered with the …

Deed contract may leave Midwestern homebuyers out in the cold | State News
Most Americans who want to own a home — and can afford it — follow a fairly straightforward path to their dreams. They start with a loan from a bank or mortgage company, institutions subject to state and federal regulations. When buyers close in on the property they want, the deal is registered with the …
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This loan fund couldn’t find affordable housing to support, so they’re building it
The Northwest Native Development Fund is taking an upstream approach to boosting affordable housing and entrepreneurship on Washington’s Colville Reservation. Ted Piccolo wants to build at least one house every year on the Reservation Colville in northeast Washington. “Maybe one year we’ll do two, depending on how it goes,” says Piccolo, who is executive director …

Chicago-based lender is locked in by state cap on interest rates
For many people, the most important thing the Illinois Legislature did last year was pass the Predatory Loan Prevention Act. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the measure last March, and consumer advocates hailed it as one of the toughest state laws on interest charged for consumer loans. The Woodstock Institute said the law has already saved …

President Biden expands solar tariffs, with important caveats.
The solar tariff announcement came as the House of Representatives voted Friday morning to approve a bill that would spend nearly $300 billion on scientific research, including $600 million in grants and loans for solar manufacturing. . The Biden administration has also proposed substantial tax credits and other measures to boost the solar industry as …

‘Stop with the Bull of Inequity’ on Black Homeownership – Orange County Register
“Mailbag” offers insight into the feedback I receive from readers – good, bad, or intermediate – and my thoughts on their feedback. It’s uncomfortable to talk about the nation’s ugly housing past and even more unnerving to think that many inequities still exist in the homebuying system today. Despite modest improvements, the housing market is …

‘Stop with the Bull of Inequity’ on Black Homeownership – Orange County Register
“Mailbag” offers insight into the feedback I receive from readers – good, bad, or intermediate – and my thoughts on their feedback. It’s uncomfortable to talk about the nation’s ugly housing past and even more unnerving to think that many inequities still exist in the homebuying system today. Despite modest improvements, the housing market is …

The main reasons why you can benefit from debt consolidation
The consumer world we live in today leads some people to deal with bad credit. If you belong to this category of people, you probably need a bad debt consolidation loan. A bad credit consolidation loan can offer you a financial loan to combine all your credit cards with payday loans and high cost or …
FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. CLASS ACTION ALERT: Wolf
THEAPPLICANT DEADLINE IS MARCH 15, 2022 NEW YORK, 01 Feb. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal security class action lawsuit has been filed against FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (“FirstCash” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FCFS) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas on …

Just Economics: looking through the lens of “Project 1619”
In 2019, The New York Times published The 1619 Project, a collection of essays, short stories and poems intended to revisit the history of the United States through the lens of slavery and racism. The creators of The 1619 Project hoped it would be used in public schools. This happened in over 4,000 schools, mostly …

the Saints got a mess on their hands
Sean Payton is the greatest head coach in New Orleans Saints history. He has more wins than anyone who has ever taken the reins of the once inept franchise. He’s coached more than eight times as many playoff games as the next closest player in the Saints’ record books. He is responsible for the team’s …

Is there a formula for creating an anti-racist school?
A collective of eight CDFIs is putting racial equity at the forefront of education lending. From fiery debate over critical race theory to heated school board meetings and the uncertainty of schooling in a deadly pandemic, the issue of education is at the center of public discourse. Recently, amid growing social unrest, eight CDFIs have …
Investing in a fairer post-pandemic banking system
Here’s what the Treasury’s new investment in 186 Community Development and Minority Financial Institutions will mean for more than 160 municipalities across the country. In the Morrisania section of the Bronx, New Covenant Dominion Federal Credit Union has seen steady growth in its loan portfolio since the start of the pandemic. It’s tiny, even by …
FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. CLASS ACTION ALERT: Wolf
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal security class action lawsuit has been filed against FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (“FirstCash” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FCFS) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas on behalf of all persons and entities …
FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. CLASS ACTION ALERT: Wolf
THE PRINCIPAL APPLICANT DEADLINE IS MARCH 15, 2022 NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal security class action lawsuit has been filed against FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (“FirstCash” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FCFS) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of …

California company to pay $1.5 million for illegally obtaining financial data from millions of consumers
A Santa Monica company that allegedly tricked millions of consumers into providing sensitive information under the guise of connecting them with lenders will pay $1.5 million in civil penalties imposed by the Federal Trade Commission. ITMedia Solutions LLC, which specializes in lead generation, will also face restrictions on its sale and use of consumer data …

Santa Monica company to pay $1.5 million for illegally obtaining financial data from millions of consumers – Press Enterprise
A Santa Monica company that allegedly tricked millions of consumers into providing sensitive information under the guise of connecting them with lenders will pay $1.5 million in civil penalties imposed by the Federal Trade Commission. ITMedia Solutions LLC, which specializes in lead generation, will also face restrictions on its sale and use of consumer data …

The Affirmative Action Housing Program No One Is Talking About
Op-ed: Lessons from over a hundred years of affirmative action in Hawai’i. The discussion of affirmative action usually involves workplaces or higher education, but never housing. Why not? In Hawaiʻi, there is a century-old land and housing program for Native Hawaiians, arguably one of the oldest affirmative action programs in the country. Despite the lack …

Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins will run for Rep. Rush’s seat
Other laws Collins has sponsored include SB 2136, the expungement of criminal prostitution charges, and SB 2137, a bill that requires virtual visitation options for people in long-term care facilities. in addition to existing in-person visiting policies. HB 588 and SB 1599, which create a human trafficking task force to investigate the disparity in the …

MoneyKey Personal Loans Review | Find the best loan for you
MoneyKey is a direct online lender that started in 2011 and gives borrowers with lower credit scores access to short-term personal loans and lines of credit. The lender offers products in 16 states. MoneyKey notes that its short-term installment loan is “an expensive form of credit and is not intended to meet long-term financial needs.” …

Payday loan scheme scams investors out of millions – CBS17.com
MIAMI (AP) — The owner of a Miami-based payday loan company has defrauded hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars and repaid others with money he acquired through a Ponzi scheme, according to a newspaper article and federal regulators. About 500 investors, including many from the Venezuelan American community in South Florida, were won …

Payday loan program deprives investors of millions
MIAMI — The owner of a Miami-based payday loan company defrauded hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars and paid off others with money he acquired through a Ponzi scheme , according to federal regulators. About 500 investors, including many from the Venezuelan American community in South Florida, were won over by Efrain Betancourt …

Best Payday Loans: Get Your Payday Fast
If you find yourself in a financial emergency and don’t have the money to deal with it, don’t worry just yet. There are countless money lending platforms that may be willing to give you a loan. You can apply for a payday loan. Payday loans are short-term loans that are usually processed in as little …

Online payday loans in Chicago
Chicago Payday Loans Chicago, IL payday loans can be a great option for financial emergencies. PaydayChampion helps you connect with a wide range of lenders that offer payday loans in Chicago. Your payday lender will deposit the money into your account within 24 hours of your loan request being approved. Some loan requests may not be approved. Chicago …

A proposed LGBTQ center on Chicago’s South Side garners community opinions, hopes and concerns | State and Regional
CHICAGO — To Noel Green, being a part of Chicago’s South Side Black LGBTQ community “feels like being a part of a space, but essentially the underground of it.” “It is something that you can live your truth, but only after darkness comes,” said Green, a University of Chicago public policy and social work student, …
OppFi Applauds Recent Federal Court Ruling To Grant CFPB’s Motion For Summary Judgment In CFSA Challenge Against CFPB’s Small Dollar Rule
The decision brings clarity and further supports the need for common sense consumer protection guidance that also protects access to credit for millions of everyday consumers CHICAGO, September 02, 2021– (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – OppFi Inc. (NYSE: OPFI) (“OppFi“), a leading fintech platform that enables banks to help ordinary consumers access credit, welcomes the recent ruling …

Venture capitalists abandon payday loans
Venture capitalists are moving away from the payday lending space, a decade after rushing into it. Driving the news: LendUp, which had raised more than $ 200 million from companies like Google Ventures, this month stopped making loans. Axios obtained a letter sent to shareholders, in which CEO Anu Shultes said payday loans “are no …

Effects of COVID Widen America’s Racial Wealth Gap: Blacks own 22 cents for every dollar whites hold
While the issues raised by the Federal Reserve and Harvard may sound like variations on an old theme, 150-year-old global finance company Goldman Sachs is urging the public and private sectors to invest in a targeted and sustained manner to close the gap of racial wealth in the United States. . Although the report focuses …

Payday advance start-up Klover raises $ 60 million
Borrowers do not pay interest. Instead, they give Klover real-time access to their banking transactions. Companies such as Wayfair, DoorDash, and GoodRX pay Klover to advertise their products to borrowers based on their spending habits. “What’s remarkable is how willing people are to share their personal information,” says Tim Calkins, professor of marketing at the …

The sale of the Amalgamated Bank means a big salary for the CEO
Amalgamated of Chicago, founded by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1922, has always been known for its close union ties. But it has not been majority owned by unions for decades. How Wrobel, 71, – for nearly 40 years a key lieutenant under Chairman and majority owner Eugene Heytow – acquired Heytow’s 57.5% …

SIU researchers: Separation of Downstate from Chicago would mean ‘economic disaster’ | UES
THE O’DELLS The South For residents of northern Illinois who wish to break away from Chicago and its suburbs and form their own state, two researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have a categorical caveat: In a white paper released earlier this year by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, a university think tank, political …

Chicago’s COVID-19 Travel Advisory Now Covers All States Outside Illinois | State and regional
Leading infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said a new variant of the coronavirus was being watched but was not yet a threat. Vermont, the last state to be on Chicago’s travel advisory, was added to the list on Wednesday, placing the entire United States under city leadership to stem the transmission of COVID-19. Besides …

Chicago Mask Mandate Violations Lead to At Least 30 Citations Against Businesses | Local crime and courts
ALICE YIN Chicago Tribune At least 30 citations have been issued to businesses in Chicago for flouting the indoor mask mandate, the city said. Most recently, the city’s Department of Commercial Affairs and Consumer Protection issued 10 citations for failing to meet masking requirements from Thursday through Sunday, according to a Tuesday press release. One …

Art Institute of Chicago employees gain majority support for union | Government-and-politics
ROBERT CHANNICK Chicago Tribune Backed by majority employee support, organizers at the Art Institute of Chicago announced Wednesday they are asking the museum to voluntarily recognize the iconic cultural institution’s first union. Union organizers began collecting signature cards from about 640 Art Institute and School of the Art Institute employees last month, and after securing …

JPMorgan Chase to Invest $ 150 Million in South and West Sides
JPMorgan Chase will spend $ 150 million on grants and loans to encourage economic development on the south and west sides, the bank said recently. The initiative builds on an earlier $ 50 million investment announced by the bank in 2017. Charlie Corrigan, head of Midwestern philanthropy at Chase, said the money had been spent …

Chicago Cannabis Stores Stock Up For Lollapalooza | Illinois News
Sunnyside in River North will be fully staffed until Sunday and has brought in backup staff from other stores and from its head office to help take orders outside the store, Erkes said. Budtenders will feature an express menu to speed up the process. “Our safe probably has 25% more product than it typically has …

Chicago Banker Sentenced Over Trump Loan Scheme | State and regional
LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK – A Manhattan jury on Tuesday convicted a Chicago banker for allowing Paul Manafort to get $ 16 million in loans before ex-President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager helped him get an interview for a job in the Trump administration. The jury returned its verdict in federal court after …

Chicago Suburbs Become First US City To Pay Repairs To Black Residents For “Redlining” – National
Chicago’s Evanston suburb became the first American city to offer restitution money to black residents whose families have suffered lasting damage from decades of segregation and discriminatory practices. City council voted 8-1 Monday to begin distributing US $ 400,000 to eligible black residents through grants of US $ 25,000 for home repairs, down payments or …

New Daily Cases of COVID-19 in Chicago’s Top 400 | State and regional
98% of people in the United States live at a high or substantial risk of transmission compared to 19% about a month ago. The average number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Chicago exceeded 400 on Monday, the highest since May 7 and a ten-fold increase from the lowest rate in June. The mark of …

1 Chicago policeman killed, another seriously injured | Crime-and-Courts
PAIGE FRY Chicago Tribune Two Chicago police officers were gunned down Saturday night in the West Englewood neighborhood in the southern part of the city, according to Chicago police. One of the officers, a female, died, according to the Chicago Police Department. The other is fighting for his life, First Deputy to the Superintendent. Eric …

Man Detained Over 60 Times by Chicago Police for Misidentification Currently Subject to City Court Battle | Crime-and-Courts
ANNIE SWEENEY Chicago Tribune Days after Darren Cole made public last March that he was detained by Chicago police more than 60 times because he shared a name with a man with an arrest warrant, the city has helped clear up the case. But the cooperation did not last long. Now the city of Chicago …

Illinois Lawmakers Sign New Economic Fairness Laws To Address Racial Inequality And Systemic Injustice
CHICAGO (WLS) – Governor JB Pritzker, along with the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, are celebrating a new round of laws aimed at addressing racial inequalities and systemic injustices. “We have the opportunity to make fundamentally positive changes that will benefit many who have been left behind and left behind for too long,” said Pritzker. Laws …

Aldermen balk at Lightfoot’s proposal to raise property taxes and spend federal relief | Chicago News
(David Mark / Pixabay) For months, progressive members of Chicago’s city council have prepared to wage a merciless battle to convince Mayor Lori Lightfoot to spend every cent of the $ 1.9 billion Chicago earmarked from federal COVID-19 relief funds. in direct aid to struggling Chicagoans and small businesses. Lightfoot and his finance team had …

Urban Prep strike enters day two, as CTU reports financial problems
CTU and management negotiated until late Monday, but remain far apart on issues such as probation and special education needs. 7:30 a.m. TODAY, Tuesday June 8: socially distanced press conference with educators, parents. Urban Prep campus Englewood, 6201 S. Stewart Ave. CHICAGO – Educators from three Urban Prep campuses will hold a press conference at …

PROTECT CONSUMERS AND NOT FINANCIAL PREDATORS | Crain’s Business in Chicago
The most desperate are the most vulnerable. In a booming economy, the wealth gap should narrow, not widen. The rise of the economic ladder for the working poor, especially blacks and Latinos, is threatened by payday lenders eager to exploit the situation with the help of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Earlier this year, …

Chicago Park District ‘Reform’ Bill Puts Pension Costs on Taxpayers
House Bill 417 falls short of the structural reforms required by Illinois pension systems. A constitutional amendment is needed after the courts blocked a genuine reform effort in 2018. Illinois lawmakers are trying to keep the Chicago Park District pension fund from going insolvent, but their solution mostly creates more debt and levies more taxes …

Road to restoration | Economic news
Pastors Ken and Beverly Jenkins, who head the nonprofit Refuge and Restoration, inaugurated on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 on the future site of the R&R Marketplace. Karen Robinson-Jacobs | American St. Louis For married pastors Ken and Beverly Jenkins, the road to rehab winds its way through streets once blazing with rage after the police …

Newhouse, other lawmakers reject IRS banking oversight plan
Sunnyside Representative Dan Newhouse says he’s very concerned about the Biden administration’s Internal Revenue Service banking oversight plan. Newhouse joined Rep. Drew Ferguson, as well as all Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee, in introducing legislation banning IRS financial monitoring. This legislation would bar the IRS from implementing any form of the Biden …

Why Illinois Special Education Students Can Now Graduate With Their Classmates | Government-and-politics
KAREN ANN CULLOTTA Chicago Tribune âI firmly believe that a fundamental principle of governance is to ensure that our laws are benevolent to the people they are meant to serve. And there’s nothing nice about taking a disabled student out of class on October 16, January 5, or April 19, just because they’ve aged a …