While feds loosen payday loan regulations, Colorado voters could clamp down, By Liz Farmer, August 30, 2018, Governing: “As the federal government walks back historic regulations on payday lending, Colorado voters this fall will be asked to tighten them — a sign that strong consumer protections are increasingly being left to the states…”
Tag: Colorado
Kids Count Report – Colorado
Colorado kids doing better in many areas, but face problems with suicide, school funding, infant mortality, report says, By Monte Whaley, March 22, 2018, Denver Post: “Colorado kids are doing better on several fronts than they were 25 years ago, including in areas of public health, early development and education, according to a report released Thursday. In 2016, Colorado’s infant mortality rate was nearly half of what it was in 1991, the teen birth rate plummeted by nearly 70 percent and the uninsured rate for kids reached a record low…”
Payday Lending – Colorado
Payday loans have average interest rates of 129% in Colorado. A ballot measure proposes capping them., By Brian Eason, February 21, 2018, Denver Post: “With a growing body of research showing that a prior round of reforms did not eliminate abuses in the payday-lending business in Colorado, reform supporters are now looking to ask voters to limit interest rates on the short-term loans…”