How a Bill to Roll Back Payday Lending Reforms Got One Step Closer to Being Law

Washington State passed tough restrictions on payday lenders in 2009. Now some Democrats want to roll back those reforms. (Shockingly, those same Democrats have received campaign donations from payday lenders.) Thinglass / Shutterstock.com
A controversial bill backed by Seattle-based payday lender Moneytree took another step closer to becoming law Tuesday after the state senate approved an amended version of the measure 30-18.
The tweaked proposal would scrap the traditional pa