Roughly 1 in 4 carriers exited the Idaho market, reducing consumer choice and competition. This combination of higher prices and fewer options is a recurring pattern in states adopting similar rules.

Q: In your July 21 column, "The fate of consumer-protection rules," you wrote, "It will be a year until the president's immediate-repeal directive can take effect, and it will probably be another year ...

Q: Over the past decade or so, the DOT has adopted a series of consumer-protection regulations, such as the full-price rule, the codeshare rule and, most recently, the rule requiring automatic refunds ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced a proposed new rule that all data brokers be regulated under the 1970 Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a federal law that protects the ...

Big banks and credit unions that dominate the financial landscape would only be able to charge $5 for overdraft fees or face much tighter restrictions under a final rule by regulators. Under the ...

The Trump administration is rolling back two major Biden-era consumer protection efforts: one affecting air travel and the other impacting millions of American workers. Labor Economist Aaron Sojourner ...

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No more surprises at checkout. The price you see first is now the price you'll pay for concert tickets, sporting events and vacation rentals. The new hidden fees rule took effect this week. FTC ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may rescind proposed rules treating Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services like credit cards, citing resource constraints and other regulatory priorities.

The first task for a new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be sweeping away the clutter of ill-considered lawsuits and regulatory pronouncements left over from the Biden ...

Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies on Sept. 20, 2016 before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs about Wells Fargo. (Ron ...