a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:966:"<span style="font-size: larger;">Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville has bypassed the committee process and forced a bill to the senate floor for consideration that would let lenders loan Michigan consumers money against their cars at an annual interest rate of nearly 300 percent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">This bill would add a loophole to the state's 1917 Pawnbrokers Act allowing exorbitant interest rates to be charged to consumers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the article on the bill that Senator Richardville is proposing the legislature consider passing go online at:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2014/12/08/lame-duck-bill-allow-auto-title-lending/20120629/"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2014/12/08/lame-duck-bill-allow-auto-title-lending/20120629/</span></a><br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"4531";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:1:"1";s:8:"filename";s:14:"loan_shark.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:41:"sites/default/files/images/loan_shark.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"14153";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1418139301";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";N;}}}