Outside Chicago, a father of seven was too embarrassed to tell his family last Christmas that they might lose their home to foreclosure. A debt collector was demanding he pay almost $30,000 to settle ...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee, said grassroots organizing and effective messaging has helped reduce the aggressive debt collection tactics of many hospitals.

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Opening your paycheck to find a significant portion missing can be shocking and frustrating, especially when you're counting on every penny to cover the essentials. It's a real possibility, though. If ...

BOSTON — The Senate next week plans to vote on bills designed to simplify child custody jurisdiction laws and install new protections around debt collection practices. Both pieces of legislation ...

If efforts to address record global public debt are to leave no stone unturned, then weak disclosure laws warrant deep scrutiny. Hidden debt is borrowing for which a government is liable, but which is ...

In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five years ...

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