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Payday Loan Cap Revisited

A piggy bank stands on a surface, with coins scattered across the surface.

October 9, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line panelists look at renewed efforts to lower the cap even further on interest rates for payday loans. There is also a push to make financial literacy classes a part of a high school education requirement. New Mexico’s current cap of 175 percent is the nation’s third-highest…

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Impact of a Dry Rio Grande

Low view of a dry Rio Grande.

October 9, 2020 – The Rio Grande has been dry near San Antonio, New Mexico, and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, for the entire summer. Now, the Albuquerque stretch of the river is also critically low and could even stop flowing this month as warm, dry conditions persist. These low flows and dry…

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