A vibrant, competitive short-term lending market is necessary for the financial well-being of many Texans. Restricting or cutting off access to short-term, micro loans will have very real unintended consequences for consumers who use these financial products.
Economy
Don’t Fence Me In: Lianne’s Story
Family, then finances—and opportunity. Those are what brought Lianne Halpern back to tiny Shamrock, a small, dusty stop on the famous Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Like generations of Americans before, Lianne and her family had traveled west along that route in search of the golden promises of California. Lianne’s father worked in the...
January 29, 2026