Media Coverage

Black, Hispanic students comprise most of truancy cases in Fort Bend ISD

Houston Chronicle,

Interest builds up quickly, and some people lose their homes

Austin American-Statesman,

Breaking the cycle of Texas' Truancy Law

KTBC-TV Fox 7 Austin, February 16, 2015

Feds draft payday rules

McAllen Monitor,

The Debt Trap: Texans taken for a ride by auto-title loans

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 14, 2015

Childhood Criminalized: Suspended in Elementary School

Breitbart News, February 8, 2015

The Debt Trap: Payday loans on the rise in Texas

Fort Worth Star Telegram, February 7, 2015

School Resource Officers: Safety Priority or Part of the Problem?

U.S. News & World Report, January 30, 2015

Imprisoned by Payday

Fort Worth Weekly, January 28, 2015

Houses still unbuilt 6 years after Ike

Houston Chronicle, January 24, 2015

Texas truancy

Houston Chronicle, January 21, 2015

Our Top 5 Lege Agenda Items

The Gilmer Mirror, January 19, 2015

Disciplining of black students at issue in Fort Bend ISD

Houston Chronicle, January 17, 2015

Truancy bill will be hotly debated during the Texas legislative session

Houston Chronicle, January 13, 2015

Texas Payday Lenders Use Criminal Courts to Collect on Loans

MoneyTalks News, January 12, 2015

Payday lending focus of new bills in Legislature

El Paso Times, January 10, 2015

Abbott’s one-size-fits-all remarks could mean trouble for payday lending regulations

The Dallas Morning News, January 9, 2015

Norman Roberts: Predatory lenders put people on the streets -- and in prison

The Dallas Morning News, January 9, 2015

In Texas, payday lenders are getting borrowers arrested

CNN Money, January 8, 2015

Texas Payday Lenders Use Illegal Threat Of Jail Time To Intimidate Thousands Of Borrowers

Think Progress, January 6, 2015

Complaint against payday lenders

KTBC Fox 7 Austin, January 2, 2015

TEXAS IS JAILING BORROWERS WHO CAN’T REPAY PREDATORY LOANS — EVEN THOUGH IT’S ILLEGAL

Ring of Fire, December 30, 2014

Texas Is Throwing People In Jail For Failing To Pay Back Predatory Loans

Huffington Post, December 29, 2014

Payday Lenders Team Up With Prosecutors to Collect Debts, Especially in Collin County

Dallas Observer, December 22, 2014

Report Finds Payday Lenders Illegally Criminalizing Borrowers

San Antonio Current, December 22, 2014