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NEXT ROUND IN ENGLISH’S LAWSUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT SET FOR TODAY
- A hearing is scheduled for today before a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to determine whether a preliminary injection should be granted that would declare Leandra English as the rightful acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau instead of Mick Mulvaney, who was appointed by President Trump.
FORMER AGENCY OWNER GOING BACK TO PRISON FOR SECOND TIME
- Richard D. Schultz, a former collection agency owner in Ohio, is going back to prison, and will have to pay a hefty fine to the Internal Revenue Service. Schultz was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison, after the judge rejected an initial plea agreement between federal prosecutors and Schultz’s attorneys which would have called for a sentence of a year and a day behind bars.
FED REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SPIKE IN CARD PAYMENTS
- The number of card payments and automated clearinghouse (ACH) transaction continue to grow, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Reserve Board. In fact, the growth rate between 2015 and 2016 was so high in most cases that it matched the growth rate for the previous three years combined.
CITIES IN MISSISSIPPI MAKING CHANGES IN ANTICIPATION OF STATE COLLECTION BILL
- Cities and towns in Mississippi are making changes to their local laws to be able to collect more unpaid fines and traffic tickets in anticipation of a state bill that would allow the state’s Department of Revenue to collect those unpaid debts from the state tax returns of individuals. Meridian, Miss., for example, has more than $5 million in unpaid fines. The bill would allow them to have the money docked from state tax returns if the unpaid debt is over $50.
VETERANS AFFAIRS STILL DENYING CLAIMS THAT SHOULD BE APPROVED: REPORT
- Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs are still denying claims for emergency medical procedures that should be covered, and some of those denied claims are finding their way to collection agencies. Medical claims processors say they do not have enough time to properly review cases in order to make accurate decisions.
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