Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

By Ben Hallman

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… Park, a middle-class Mexican-American neighborhood just north of downtown Los Angeles. Heredia had come for the Nix standard payday loan offer: a $400, 14-day …"

"… ighborhoods, Nix Check Cashing is one of the largest payday lenders in the Los Angeles area. The Nix chain was acquired four years ago by Kinecta Federal Credit …"

$18 billion spent on jobs programs with questionable results

By Laurel Adams

Federal agencies spent $18 billion in 2009 on 47 employment programs, with little evidence of the long-term success of the programs or the j

Excerpts from this story referencing "Utah":

"… res even though they provide many of the same services.Florida, Texas, and Utah all consolidated their welfare and workforce agencies, but acknowledged th …"

Analysis – The ‘Front Group’ hall of shame

By Wendell Potter

Today is the day health insurers and their allies plan to launch their brand new front group the Choice and Competition Coalition.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Utah":

"… reform law gives states wide latitude in how they operate their exchanges. Utah already has an exchange, and the insurance industry really likes it. That …"

"… rofitable for insurers because they rarely have to pay out much in claims. Utah officials do relatively little to assure state residents that they are get …"

"… with Zirkelbach that many stakeholders want the exchanges to be more like Utah’s and less like California’s. And those stakeholders are the 1,300 hea …"

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Coal ash: The hidden story

By Kristen Lombardi

Pat Nees never liked the water at the Moose Lodge. Almost everyone in tiny Colstrip, Montana, drank and dined at Lodge #2190, but the well w

Excerpts from this story referencing "Washington":

"… tes,” he points out, “which is what we support.”Lingering doubtsSuch Washington debates seem far away to Colstrip residents such as Wayne and Virginia Joh …"

Health care reform emerges as new Olympian challenge

By Joe Eaton and Aaron Mehta

When a U.S. hockey player lays out a Canadian opponent, he need not worry about stitches, a concussion or knocked-out teeth. Unlike 46 milli

Excerpts from this story referencing "Utah":

"… before Obama’s summit, Winborn was on vacation. Golfing? Nope. Skiing in Utah. …"

Little house(s) and the veepstakes: Part two

By Aaron Mehta

Last week, after John McCain had trouble remembering how many homes he owned, PaperTrail took a look at the number of houses owned by the to

Excerpts from this story referencing "Utah":

"… ire, worth more than $10 million.-A ski lodge in Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.-A house the Romneys purchased in June of this year in La Jolla, Californi …"

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Memo suggests FBI had mole inside ABC News in 1990s

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Agents treated reporter like informant, raising question: Who else?

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… her bombing incidents planned” soon at government offices in Houston and Los Angeles.The journalist agreed to be interviewed by counterterrorism agents again t …"

Hey Congressman! How many federal workers in your district?

By Aaron Mehta

Where the federal workforce is

Excerpts from this story referencing "Utah":

"… t;> Please note the data is missing Arizona, Arkansas, Rhode Island and Utah, along with protectorates and territories Guam, The American Virgin Island …"

Main Street chases transportation money

By Matthew Lewis

chases transportation money

Excerpts from this story referencing "Utah":

"… lients in its portfolio, including Madison, Wisconsin, and Salt Lake City, Utah.Another Simon client, Mayor Jim Brainard of Carmel, Indiana, hired the fir …"

History repeat?

By Peter H. Stone

The killing spree by an Arizona man wielding a semiautomatic pistol with a high-capacity magazine raises the prospect of a fresh debate on w

Excerpts from this story referencing "Utah":

"… public places, background checks, and firearm trafficking. For 2009, only Utah ranked lower than Arizona in the Brady scores.In its Uniform Crime Report, …"

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