Virginia Lawmakers Play Whack-A-Mole with Predatory Lenders
Senate panel takes action limiting one kind of high-interest loan, leaving loophole for another.
By this time next year, high-interest lenders may be prohibited from making consumer finance loans — at least ones they find profitable at 200 percent interest. So that loophole may be closed by the end of the General Assembly session. But it seems likely lawmakers will leave Richmond this year creating no restrictions on open-end lines of credit, raising concern among some that lawmakers are playing a game of whack-a-mole.
A Teacher Who Made a Difference in Burke
Noelle Brinley of Terra Centre Elementary retires after 33 years.
Many Immigrant Stories But Similar Fears
Details of immigrant stories differ but the roller coaster of stress and uncertainty is the same.
Fairfax County Buildings’ Repurposing Debated
County considers vacant office space repurposing guidelines; public offers some “good ideas.
Effort to Force Diversity at TJ School Fails
Lawmakers reject bill that would have required governor’s school to admit poor students.
GMU Professor on Cutting Edge of Lyme Disease
Lyme Innovation Team with goal to make disease easy to diagnose wins $5,000 in Hackathon.
Good Shepherd Players Stages ‘Joseph’ in Burke
Church of the Good Shepherd presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Naked Truth About Strip Searches at Traffic Stops
Northern Virginia Democrat advocates for strip searches to combat opioid crisis.
Promoting Safe Bicycling in Fairfax County
Cycling advocacy group hosts county law enforcement reps at monthly meeting.