Consumer Financial Protections Bureau

Federal officials say a mortgage company accused of engaging in a pattern of lending discrimination in Alabama has agreed to pay $8 million plus a nearly $2 million civil penalty to resolve the allegations. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges mortgage lender Fairway illegally redlined Black neighborhoods in Birmingham.

President Obama brought his Middle Class Economics plan to Lawson State Community College in Birmingham.The Commander-in-Chief covered everything from…