FBI to reassign 1,500 employees outside of D.C. area, vacate current HQ, Patel says ...

Congress figured out 140 years ago that privatized tax collection was a bad idea. But bad ideas are like bad pennies -- they keep turning up. That’s especially true in Washington, where ...

Fortunately, Congress is aware of the private tax collection problems for the poor. In April, the House unanimously approved legislation that would exempt those with very low incomes from private ...

Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration wants to sell the state’s outstanding tax debt to private collection agencies, but the General Assembly isn’t ready to go along with that — at least not ...

GARDENDALE — In October, Sarah Rojo found herself drowning in property tax debt. She owed $23,778 on the “dream home” she ...

Texans who fall behind on their property taxes face one of the most punitive systems in the nation, where private collection ...

GARDENDALE — In October, Sarah Rojo found herself drowning in property tax debt. She owed $23,778 on the “dream home” she built outside Odessa with her husband, Raul, before he died suddenly ...

Through February, the Bedgoods owed $28,000 in property taxes, including $4,700 in collection fees to Linebarger and another private firm Perdue Brandon. Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune ...