New York State Attorney General Letitia James and 27 other attorney generals push for protecting NYS residents against robo and scam calls. NEW YORK — New York State Attorney General Letitia James has announced that she will be taking action ...

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez introduced a motion Tuesday seeking to bring the city in line with the county’s new medical debt transparency ordinance. Last year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance to collect data ...

Michelle Bowman© Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump picked Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman to serve as the central bank’s vice chair for supervision, a move cheered by Wall Street banks and smaller lenders who expect she’ll be ...

A federal judge denied a request from the city of Baltimore to put a temporary stop on the Trump administration’s efforts to send the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s reserve funds back to the Federal Reserve or the Treasury Department. Judge ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was launched in 2011 in response to the 2008 banking crisis, which destabilized millions of Americans. This new U.S. government agency’s intent was to advocate for and enforce consumer-friendly federal financial rules. It also ...

Terminated employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have been brought back to work in response to a judge’s order — sort of. Probationary employees (a class of government workers who are newer to an agency or role) received ...

President Trump’s dismissal of two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is raising new questions about the future of the independent agency and what it could mean for the treatment of some businesses. Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca ...

Bloomberg News A Maryland judge Thursday put a temporary halt to firings of probationary employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Department of Treasury, Small Business Administration and several other federal agencies. Judge James K. Bredar ...

Sen. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane speaks on the floor of the Senate.COURTESY/Washington State Senate Facebook Twitter Email Print Copy article link Save After battling two cancers, Kristopher Shook found himself overwhelmed by medical bills that led to lawsuits, and hundreds of ...