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September 24, 2026, Long Island Business News, Banking access gaps persist on Long Island amid proposed CRA changes Under the July 31 proposal, banks with less than $1 billion in assets would be classified as small banks, while institutions with between $1 billion and $10 billion would fall into an intermediate category. Some banks moving

September 23, 2026, Sentinel News, First Financial to host Shelbyville Food Drive in October First Financial Bank and its associates strive to be outstanding community partners through the food drive and other initiatives. First Financial is now in the third year of its $2.573 billion, five-year Community Benefits Agreement with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition

September 22, 2026, URL Media, 200 years of the Black press meets a new fight for the vote Last week’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., highlighted the urgency of the current moment while reminding everyone that this is the same battle Black Americans have fought for generations. URL Media, along

September 21, 2026, The Rogersville Review, Pearson put Tennessee front and center at forum during Congressional Black Caucus week Pearson and Reid spoke during “Reclaiming Our Narrative,” a panel hosted by URL Media, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the Washington Association of Black Journalists during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference.  The

September 17, 2026, Hoodline, Broncos Owners Offer $2M for Denver’s Aztlan Theatre, Owner Calls It a Lowball The neighborhood’s history with displacement predates the stadium talk: the National Community Reinvestment Coalition ranked Denver as the top city in the country for Hispanic displacement in 2019, according to the Colorado Times Recorder. Two other cultural institutions

September 16, 2026, Comms Trader, Trump-backed tax break a windfall for controversial industry — now GOP senator wants ‘corporate welfare’ cut A report from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found that about 14% of all data centers sit inside Opportunity Zones, and more than 17% of all permitted, approved, or under-construction data-center projects are located

September 15, 2026, Next City, A Critical Few Weeks Ahead for Community Development Finance The proposed new CRA rules lift the thresholds for all three levels. Small banks would top out at $1 billion in assets; intermediate banks would be those from $1 billion to $10 billion in assets; and large banks above $10 billion

September 12, 2026, Banker & Tradesman, Proposed Federal CRA Changes Would Harm Affordable Housing Production OBBB increased the supply of critical low-income housing tax credits and ROAD significantly increased demand for these and other credits by raising the Public Welfare Investment Cap, which governs banks’ ability to invest in such activities. This proposed regulatory change

September 10, 2026, Brookings Institution, Opportunity Zones: Analyzing the tax incentive’s impacts, and how to enhance them Many of the neighborhoods experiencing demographic and economic change were already on that trajectory before OZ designations took effect. An early analysis from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found high overlap and adjacency (69%) between OZs and census

September 8, 2026, Fast Company, URL Media Supports Reporting in Underserved Communities URL distributed $250,000 in rapid-response grants in the first quarter of 2025, and that helped lead to a program with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition to provide low-interest financing to community media organizations.

September 3, 2026, The Daily Caller, Democrats Look To Use Data Centers As Political Football In Midterm Dogfight Fourteen percent of all data centers have been constructed in Opportunity Zones, and the figure rises to 17.3% when accounting for all permitted and under-construction buildings to power AI models, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), wrote in August.

September 3, 2026, The Christian Science Monitor, The other way to debate data centers Rural leaders will probably follow the urban practice of ensuring community input – as required by Congress – before allowing tax-delaying investments by wealthy financial backers. In fact, such a process of consultation might help improve the debate on data centers. “The

September 3, 2026, The American Banker, As feds retreat, California boosts fair-lending enforcement If the federal government will not defend these groups, Squires said, it’s up to individual states to step in. “I think it’s necessary because it’s clear that the federal government isn’t going to do anything,” he said. “The fact is the federal