Friday - March 27, 2026

Public Policy Tipoffs Involving North Carolina

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Center for Responsible Lending: CFPB Rescinds 2020 Advisory Opinion on Earned Wage Advances
DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * Opinion was misused to claim that fintech payday loans are not "credit" * * * The Federal Register yesterday published a notice (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/FR-2025-01-15.pdf#page=31) that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new Advisory Opinion that rescinded an Advisory Opinion issued in 2020 under CFPB Direc  more
N.C. State: Study Examines How Climate Change Has Shaped Coastal Forests Over the Last Decade
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 17 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A new study finds that climate change may have a range of contrasting effects on coastal forests, both slowing and enabling growth in areas where sea levels are rising and storms are more common. Researchers compared a decade of forest growth data from two types of environments across the mid-Atlantic, southeastern, and Gulf coasts of the United States: coastal areas less than five m  more