News About the Ever-Changing Payday Advance Industry
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Republican state Senate candidate Don Stout called it "ridiculous and hypocritical" for state Sen. Lowell Barron to lead a reform effort against payday loan operations … when Barron himself owned more than 20 outlets until recently.
People can change. Or people can wish to be re-elected as a senator from Alabama. Either way, a recent editorial in The Birmingham News suggests that others should get behind Lowell Barron (pictured).
People are entitled to change their minds. Just ask Alabama Senator Lowell Barron.
As the Pentagon focuses on national military payday loan laws, crafting a report that says 13 percent to 19 percent of service members took out cash advances last year, columnist Eddie Laird is concentrating more on issues at home.