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July 29, 2010 - From the field
Illinois Approves Payday Loan Bill
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that caps interest rates on payday loans and provides other consumer protections through increased regulation of lenders. Read More
July 27, 2010 - Publication
National Town Meetings on Our Fiscal Future
3,500 Americans gathered together at 57 sites across the country to deliberate about our nation's fiscal future. Read More
July 21, 2010 - Speech
MacArthur President Robert Gallucci Introduces America's Fiscal Future: Making Difficult Choices
As a nation, we have been over-spending, over-promising, and over-borrowing. Our panelists will go into the details of how this came to be, and what the implications are for the United States. Read More
July 6, 2010 - In the Media
Town Hall Meeting on National Debt is a Reality Check for Dallas-area Residents
June 26, 2010 - Press release
Americans Come Together to Send Strong Message to Congress about Fiscal Future
Thousands of Americans across 60 cities participated in a MacArthur-supported discussion on America’s fiscal future called AmericaSpeaks. Read More
June 24, 2010 - From the field
Illinois Campaign Helps Boost Census Participation
The Count Me In initiative, a $1.2 million effort supported by MacArthur and nine other foundations in Illinois, worked to increase participation in the 2010 Census in hard-to-count communities in Chicago and the state. Read More
June 22, 2010 - In the Media
Time for Chicagoland Residents to Take Control of the Country's Fiscal Future
June 10, 2010 - Publication
Survey Offers Washington Influencers' Views on the National Debt
Policy and opinion leaders in Washington, D.C., are concerned about the national debt but fear that politics will get in the way of finding solutions, according to a new survey by Public Agenda. Read More
May 3, 2010 - In the Media
AmericaSpeaks Organizes National Town Meeting to Engage Americans About the Fiscal Future
April 27, 2010 - Publication
Penner Addresses President's Commission on Deficit Reduction
Rudolph Penner, co-chair of the MacArthur-supported Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, which recently released a report on the nation's fiscal choices, testified before President Obama's bipartisan commission on reducing the ... Read More
April 14, 2010 - From the field
Grand Challenges of the 21st Century
Share your ideas with the White House on the next Grand Challenges facing the country. Read More
