November 2026

Without a Comment Period, FDIC’s Rapid Review Track for De Minimis Mergers Would Leave Rural Communities Little Voice

New NCRC analysis finds that proposed FDIC bank merger rules could put hundreds of bank branches at risk of closure, potentially creating new banking deserts and leaving rural communities without critical financial services.

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Community Groups Push Senate to Restore SBA Loans for Green Card Holders

More than 80,000 American jobs were supported last year by the Small Business Administration’s loans to businesses owned by green-card holders. Now, a federal policy change has shut those same entrepreneurs out of the financing programs that helped them build and expand their businesses. 

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NCRC Opposes 2030 Census Changes That Threaten Data Accuracy and Civil Rights

  Complete the form to download the pdf: Yes, send me updates by email about NCRC research, events and news. Download Now   Complete the form to download the pdf: Download U.S. Census Bureau Department of Commerce 4600 Silver Hill Road Designation: ADDEMO/FRN Washington, DC 20746 Via: Federal eRulemaking Portal – Regulations.gov RE: Docket No.

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Opportunity Zone nominations close today, and New York hasn’t said which neighborhoods made its list

October 28, 2026, The Buffalo Chronicle, Opportunity Zone nominations close today, and New York hasn’t said which neighborhoods made its list Critics of the first round, which began in 2018, argued that much of the money went to neighborhoods that were already gentrifying. Commercial Observer, citing the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, reported that about 42

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