Payday lender opponents renew legislative effort

Updated at 2:30 p.m. on March 17.

Christopher Allen

03/14/2025

AT IT AGAIN: State Rep. Karen Alzate, D-Pawtucket, says the first bill she filed this legislative session was one that would restrict payday lenders, a measure that some legislators have been trying to get passed for more than a decade.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Advocates for payday lending reform celebrated lin 2023 when the House voted overwhelmingly for a bill they believed would finally curtail so-called “payday lenders,” an issue that has been an annual crusade on Smith Hill for more than 15 years. But the 70-2 vote was only half the battle. And the 2023 legislative session ended

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