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Governor Glenn Youngkin Hails Major Step Forward on Tax Relief for Virginia Families and Local Businesses

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 HRM Staff Businesses, Commonwealth of Virginia, Democrats, Governor, Governor Glenn Younkin, House of Delegates, Local Businesses, lower taxes, Richmond, tax relief, tax structure, Taxes, taypaying, Virginia, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Senators, Virginia Small Business, Virginians

Richmond, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today hailed the passage of his tax relief proposals, HB 2138 and 2319, in the

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Hiring Up, More Virginians Looking for Employment, December Jobs Report Shows

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 HRM Staff Bryan Slater, Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, Finances, Government, Governor Glenn Youngkin, Hampton Roads and Central Virginia Regions, Hampton Roads Jobs, information, Jobs, Labor Force, news, Richmond Virginia, Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Secretary of Labor, Services, Unemployment Rate, Virginia, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Virginians

Richmond, VA – Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the number of employed residents rose by 4,485 to 4,228,407 in December

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Information From The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — The Earned Income Tax Credit —

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 HRM Staff Earned Income Tax Credit, EITC Assisstant, Free Tax Help, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Taxes

By: City of Portsmouth Visit https://go.usa.gov/xRFGE to see if you qualify this year for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and for

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CFPB Seeks Public Input on Consumer Credit Card Market

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 HRM Staff Biennial Credit Card Market Report, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Protection, Credit Market, Market-Monitoring

By: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Feedback from consumers, industry, advocates will help inform biennial credit card market report WASHINGTON, D.C. —

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CFPB Issues Guidance to Root Out Tactics Which Charge People Fees for Subscriptions They Don’t Want

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 HRM Staff CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission, Fees, Reoccurring Charges, Subscription Services, Subscriptions

By: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau New circular addresses dark patterns and other tricks used by companies to confuse and deceive

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CFPB Proposes Rule to Establish Public Registry of Terms and Conditions in Form Contracts That Claim to Waive or Limit Consumer Rights and Protections

January 12, 2023January 11, 2023 HRM Staff Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Servicemembers Civil Rights act

By: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  Companies can use terms and conditions in non-negotiable form contracts to try to hide consumer

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CFPB Takes Action to Halt Debt Collection Mill From Bombarding Consumers with Junk Lawsuits

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 HRM Staff Citibank, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), discover, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

By: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Forster & Garbus illegally sued borrowers on behalf of Citibank and Discover, among others WASHINGTON,

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Fair access to financial services is vital to closing racial wealth gap

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 HRM Staff Banks, National Urban League's State of Black America, Racism and Discrimination in banking, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

By: Marc Moral Recently, I had the opportunity to testify to the Senate Banking Committee at a hearing entitled, “Fairness

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CFPB and New York Attorney General Sue Credit Acceptance for Hiding Auto Loan Costs, Setting Borrowers Up to Fail

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 HRM Staff American Loans, Borrower Failure, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit Acceptance, Enforcement action, Hiding Auto Loan Cost, Lawsuit, New York Attorney General, Whistleblower

By: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  Major subprime auto lender targets Americans with loans that it predicts they cannot afford to

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Boys Home Meets November Fundraising Goal!

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 HRM Staff adoption, Adoption Agency, Boys Home of Virginia, Fundraising Campaign, Grant, Hampton Roads, Jessie Ball duPont Fund

By: Boys Home of Virginia Boys Home of Virginia met their match funding goal for the month of November! For

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