American Banker
In the past, banks have prudently avoided getting involved in partisan political issues that do not directly impact their institutions or the industry as a whole.
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The River City News
House Bill 74 would make it harder to pawn stolen items in Kentucky by requiring the daily transactions at pawnshops to be entered into a database accessible to police.
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Chicago Tribune
Learn about Naperville's first pawn shop, opened nine years ago. "It's a very social shop. It's a great pleasure to meet different people from different walks of life. Everybody from everywhere comes here. A lot of good stories and a lot of interesting items," said Greg Holloway, owner.
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Metro
James, 50, started making money by selling high-end property, before changing businesses in 2008 just before the banking crisis. He started to see his rich friends struggling because banks wouldn’t lend them money and had a light-bulb moment about what to do next.
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Washington Examiner
Harrison’s conservative views seem to come from a combination of his upbringing, hard work, and free-market capitalism. Still, his main suggestion for an agent of change was simply education; he’s specifically an advocate for vouchers, and trade schools over colleges in certain cases.
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