Dan Smith

3 weeks ago | cdiaonline.org | Brittany Bailey |Dan Smith

If Congress doesn’t act quickly, an ill-advised rule finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the waning hours of the Biden administration will be a major problem for consumers, lenders and the entire credit system. The rule in question would prohibit medical debt on credit reports, prohibiting lenders from considering complete and accurate information when making lending decisions. This can lead to consumers taking on future debts they cannot afford to pay back.

1 month ago | theroanoker.com | Dan Smith |Aila Boyd |Lindsey Hull |Laura Wade

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Jan 9, 2025 | theroanoker.com | Dan Smith

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is gearing up for the spring opening of its new tower by recruiting volunteers who will serve in the tower in general and in the tower’s emergency room. Taylor Medley, the hospital’s volunteer manager, says there is no specific goal for the number of new volunteers, but the hospital has “more than 200 working across two dozen programs” and will supplement that with the new volunteers.

Dec 9, 2024 | reformer.com | Dan Smith

People are tired of politics. Fear, mistrust and polarization have that effect. Trust is the connective tissue of civic structures, and the trend at every level is to trust leaders and each other less and less. As elections increase in intensity, we should reassess what needs to get done (policy) and how we choose to do it (civic design and approach to leadership). Community and democracy thrive with a sense of shared fate and the potential for progress. Polarization and stalemate offer neither.

Dec 7, 2024 | timesargus.com | Dan Smith

People are tired of politics. Fear, mistrust and polarization have that effect. Trust is the connective tissue of civic structures, and the trend at every level is to trust leaders, and each other, less and less. As election intensity increases, we should reassess what needs to get done (policy) and how we choose to do it (civic design and approach to leadership). Community and democracy thrive with a sense of shared fate and the potential for progress. Polarization and stalemate offer neither.