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Below are listed recent articles published by media and journals featuring Appleseed or Appleseed Centers. Entries can be located by both Center and date. To view a list of links to the latest media coverage of issues related to Appleseed projects, please click here.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 10/19/2009
AP: South Carolina lawmakers said recently that they are seeking to ensure that thousands of state residents receive extended unemployment benefits.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 3/13/2009
The State: Many state senators share SC Appleseed's view that restrictions on the payday lending industry, as laid out in a recently passed House bill, are too lax.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 9/5/2007
Free Times: Sue Berkowitz, executive director of South Carolina Appleseed, speaks out in support of a lawsuit filed against predatory lenders.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 3/21/2007
Sue Berkowitz, executive director of South Carolina Appleseed, testified before a state Senate Democratic panel, exploring ways to revamp the state's healthcare system.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 3/8/2007
Sue Berkowitz, executive director of South Carolina Appleseed, discusses the Center's work to change statewide legislation to end predatory lending practices and instead focus on positive lending models.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 3/2/2007
South Carolina Appleseed met with the S.C. Hispanic Leadership Council to discuss various bills on illegal immigration in the state.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 1/19/2007
A bill filed this week in the South Carolina House would cap interest rates on payday loans and impose other restrictions on the controversial industry.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 4/27/2006
Many South Carolina workers, among the poorest in the nation, are being lured into multiple short-term, high-interest loans that amount to financial bondage. As they struggle from paycheck to paycheck, they often fall prey to payday lenders, who market their service as a quick and easy way to get cash for emergencies such as car repairs. The result in far too many cases is consumers getting locked into a vicious cycle of debt. State lawmakers shouldn't allow this fleecing of South Carolina to continue. If they are not going to ban payday lending, they should at least heavily regulate it.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 3/20/2006
Low-income families would be required to report their assets, in addition to their income, to qualify for Medicaid under a state proposal aimed at preventing the wealthy from abusing the system. The Department of Health and Human Services says a loophole is allowing some people who could afford their own health insurance to receive benefits from Medicaid, the state-federal insurance program for the poor and elderly. Since Medicaid eligibility in South Carolina is based on family income, a person could have tens of thousands of dollars in the bank and still qualify for publicly funded health care.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 3/19/2006
The S.C. legislature may consider limiting borrowers to a single payday loan at any given moment, a reform long desired by consumer advocates.
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