Internet sales complaints jumped from Tennessee’s fourth-biggest consumer complaint category to its second in a single year, according to the state’s consumer protection office. Many of those complaints trace back to the moment a buyer and seller meet. These are the Facebook Marketplace pickup traps that cost sellers the item and their money. Note: This…
A storm shelter can cost thousands of dollars, but Oklahoma homeowners don’t necessarily have to cover the entire bill themselves. The state offers one rebate, while tribal nations, the USDA and even Oklahoma’s property tax system offer other ways for certain homeowners to save. The catch is that each program has its own rules. These…
Oregon’s Bottle Bill pays out more than $200 million in refunds to shoppers every year, according to the cooperative that runs it. To someone else, a bin of empty containers can look like free money left at the curb. But reaching in for them isn’t always as simple as it looks. Here’s why dumpster diving…
Memphis Light, Gas and Water cut off power, gas, or water to tens of thousands of Memphis households in 2025. Nearly one in five Memphis households lost a utility that year. None of them paid just one fee to get it back. Here’s the math behind what one missed Tennessee power bill can turn into…
Adults 18 to 29 are now the fastest-swinging age group on artificial intelligence (AI) in the nation. A Gallup report published in late July found 47% of them now believe AI is doing more harm than good, up from 36% a year earlier, the largest jump Gallup measured in any age group. Nobody expected the…
Historically, people who live hours from the nearest beach spent North Carolina’s hurricane season packing for anything but a storm. But in 2024, more than 2,000 landslides tore through western North Carolina during Hurricane Helene. That was a tragic wake-up call. These are the hurricane season mistakes many inland North Carolina families made, and the…
Texas logged more than 251,000 crash injuries in 2024. That’s about one person hurt every two minutes. These are the Texas auto insurance limits that leave drivers paying out of pocket after an accident. Note: This is general information, not insurance or legal advice. Coverage requirements and dollar limits are subject to change, so confirm…
Georgia law treats five unexcused absences as the number that turns ordinary missed school into truancy. That’s the trigger written into state code. It kicks off a chain of consequences many parents don’t see coming. Georgia’s tracking shows chronic absenteeism fell to 17.7% for the 2025-26 school year, the lowest mark since before the pandemic,…
New York’s Department of Labor clawed back more than $35 million in stolen wages from over 5,000 employers last year. It was the largest annual recovery the state has posted since 2015. New York Labor Law 193 spells out exactly what an employer can hold back from a check, and the list of what it…
Washington is home to 19 WinCo stores, and every one of them stays open 24 hours a day. Its round-the-clock, no-frills setup is advantageous. But ordinary shopping habits can work against a Washington shopper there. These are the WinCo habits costing Washingtonians time and money every week. 1. Expecting a Price Match WinCo doesn’t advertise…
