Media Coverage

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

Can Payday Lenders Use The Courts To Collect?

Texas Public Radio, December 19, 2014

Group Warns Of Debtors' Prison Tactics Among Texas Payday Lenders

International Business Times, December 19, 2014

State Legislature considers de-criminalizing truancy

Fort Bend Star, December 19, 2014

Report: Texas Payday Lenders and Prosecutors Team Up to Criminally Pursue Borrowers

Texas Observer, December 17, 2014

Fowler: Legislature should act to protect students from Taser’s harms

Austin American-Statesman, December 12, 2014 | Op Ed by Deborah Fowler

Texas Appleseed recognizes legal leaders

Texas Bar Blog, November 25, 2014

A closer look at Texas' truancy law

KTBC-TV Fox 7 Austin, November 21, 2014

LAUSD school police return armored military vehicle, which is now in Barstow

Los Angeles Daily News, November 21, 2014

Alone on Loans

Fort Worth Weekly, November 19, 2014

Commentary: Fighting ills of payday loans takes the entire community

Austin American-Statesman, November 13, 2014

Bexar County's Many Police are Well-armed, but not by the Military

San Antonio Current, November 11, 2014

Story on Military Lending Act

Al Jazeera  America Tonight, November 11, 2014

Car Title and Payday Loans Can Trap Unwary Veterans

Nerd Wallet, November 10, 2014

We Must End the Cycle of Payday Loan Debt for Military, Veterans, and all Texans

San Angelo Standard Times, November 8, 2014

Waco City Council weighs lower-interest alternative to payday loans

Waco Tribune, November 4, 2014

Here’s proof that Dallas’ payday lending rules are working

Dallas Morning News, October 30, 2014

League City target of civil rights audit

Houston Chronicle, October 27, 2014

Casey: Lawmaker should pay for lending violations

Houston Chronicle, October 25, 2014

Feds to audit League City’s fair housing compliance

Galveston County Daily News, October 23, 2014

HUD set for annual review of city programs in League City

Houston's Bay Area Citizen, October 23, 2014