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Legislators in Texas and Mississippi are both considering bills that would change the way short term lenders can provide short-term loans to residents of their states.A Texas Senate committee recently heard a bill filed by Senator Wendy Davis that

Lawmakers in Georgia and Maine are working to increase background checks performed for nursing applicants.Maine Public Broadcasting reports that Senator Chris Rector, a Republican, proposed a bill requiring criminal background checks on nurses,

The attorney general in New York is taking action against several debt collection businesses in the Buffalo-area after investigations suggested the firms targeted vulnerable customers and members of the military.New York Attorney General Eric

One of the popular scams taking place today in the United States is fraudulent debt collection. People are often called by a collection agency and told that they need to settle a debt, despite the fact that it may or may not exist.In a recent

Background screening is becoming increasingly common in employment, but the majority of jobseekers are not happy about it. According to Employment Screening Resources, 53.5 percent of consumers are against employer practices of screening credit