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The 15 year fight to rein in payday lending, fish processing plants could face bigger fines if they hire underage workers, and more
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2025-07-11 18:06:00
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Earlier this month, Rhode Island lawmakers finally passed a bill aimed at ending the predatory practices of payday lenders. We’ll look at what the new law means and how it took 15 years to get it passed. Our reporting on underage undocumented children working in New Bedford fishing houses has at least one Massachusetts lawmaker looking at ways to end the practice. Our reporter Ben Berke will describe what he’s found and the response from the fishing industry. On Artscape, a conversation about the fusion of Afro Cuban, Puerto Rican, and New Orleans jazz.

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