How Tennessee’s House speaker helped keep a payday lender’s struggling sports gambling company alive • Tennessee Lookout

A now-defunct Tennessee sports betting operation was under investigation. Then, House Speaker Cameron Sexton stepped in.

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How Tennessee’s Speaker of the House Helped Keep a Payday Lender’s Struggling Sports Gambling Company Alive

Cameron Sexton took steps that allowed the owners of a payday lending company, Advance Financial, to keep using their stores to boost a now-defunct online sports betting enterprise.

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Fayette Co. Schools seeks end to desegregation case; Black constituents say they’re being ignored • Tennessee Lookout

Tension is palpable between the Fayette County School Board and community members as the board seeks to dissolve a decree over desegretation.

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Tennessee family seeks help for adopted son, though the state may return him to foster care instead

By the time the 9-year-old boy arrived in their foster home, he had been in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services for more than half his life, separated from four siblings and...

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Tennessee lawmakers and lenders said this law would protect borrowers, but it trapped them in debt • Tennessee Lookout

Borrowers say the lending company Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made.

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Tennessee lawmakers and lenders said this law would protect borrowers, but it trapped them in debt • Tennessee Lookout

Borrowers say the lending company Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made.

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Tennessee Lawmakers and Lenders Said This Law Would Protect Borrowers. Instead It Trapped Them in Debt.

Borrowers say the lending company Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made, tearing a hole in the safety net the law tried to create.

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Tennessee lawmakers and lenders said this law would protect borrowers, but it trapped them in debt

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Tennessee lawmakers and lenders said this law would protect borrowers, but it trapped them in debt • Tennessee Lookout

Borrowers say the lending company Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made.

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Tennessee Lawmakers and Lenders Said This Law Would Protect Borrowers. Instead It Trapped Them in Debt.

Borrowers say the lending company Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made, tearing a hole in the safety net the law tried to create.

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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

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This lender said its loans would help Tennesseans. It has sued more than 110,000 of them. • Tennessee Lookout

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Tennessee-based Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers.

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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending…

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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...

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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.

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Fearful of ICE raids in congregations, Nashville organizers view clergy education as key

With new policy guidance allowing immigration enforcement in houses of worship, area clergy sort through complex legal questions in case of ICE raid.

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Hemp industry fears slate of restrictive bills could gut industry • Tennessee Lookout

A bill by Tennessee Republican William Lamberth would ban convenience stores from selling hemp and THC products.

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A bill to preempt Metro Council by a Nashville Democrat raises eyebrows • Tennessee Lookout

A bill filed and hastily withdrawn by Nashville Democrat John Ray Clemmons to strip local authority over license plate readers drew concern.

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Cash for Clout database: Who's funding Tennessee's politics? • Tennessee Lookout

"Cash for Clout" is a series in the Tennessee Lookout focusing on the flow money into politic and its influence on the Tennessee Legislature.

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Cash for Clout database: Tennessee's million-dollar club • Tennessee Lookout

A group of companies, families and corporate associations have spent more than $1 million each since 2009 to lobby the Tennessee Legislature.

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