Since 2023, Georgia’s Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act has required companies to give residents a working way out of a recurring charge. That’s the law. But none of it stops a charge from landing on your card long after your reason for it is gone. These are the streaming charges Georgians keep paying for nothing….
An unpaid Ohio water bill becomes a lien on your house because state law lets the city certify that debt straight to the county auditor, who adds it to your property tax bill. That charge attaches to the address, not to whoever used the water. Ohio’s House voted to change part of that rule for…
Adding a child to a Texas house deed requires more than a quick signature. The list includes a new deed, a notary acknowledgment, a spouse’s signature if the home is a homestead, a mortgage statement, and often an IRS Form 709. Texas voters permanently banned any future state tax on gifts, estates, and inheritances in…
Illinois’s estate tax law, formally 35 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 405, taxes any estate worth more than $4,000,000. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) doesn’t ask for a cent until an estate passes $15,000,000 in 2026. That gap is enormous. These are the reasons an Illinois estate pays state tax when it owes the IRS nothing….
Do you assume your Cracker Barrel to-go order will be the same at your kitchen table as it did in the restaurant’s dining room? Some don’t. That matters. Cracker Barrel told investors in early 2023 that takeout, delivery and catering had grown to 23% of a quarter’s sales. These are the Cracker Barrel to-go orders…
Tennessee has over 60 Publix stores, and Club Publix is the free loyalty program tied to every one of them. Many Tennesseans who sign up for it don’t take advantage of all it offers. These are the Club Publix perks some Tennesseans never switch on. 1. Early Weekly Ad Club Publix members can sneak a…
Kroger’s 2026 Giant Eagle deal costs $1.65 billion. Some Pennsylvanians now assume the Pittsburgh chain already runs like a Kroger store. It doesn’t yet. Giant Eagle still runs its myPerks rewards program, which added more than 53,000 new loyalty households in the nine months after its 2024 relaunch, trade publication Grocery Dive found. These are…
You key in your phone number at a Bakersfield Vons before the cashier even asks for it. There’s a reason for that. Every 100 points you earn through the forU program turns into 10 cents off a gallon of gas, worth up to $1 off at a Vons-owned pump. These are the Vons deals Californians…
Festival Foods says it’s shutting off its Gas Rewards program on October 11, 2026. The points sitting in thousands of Wisconsin accounts will stop earning that same week. These are the Festival Foods policies Wisconsinites sometimes only learn about at the register. Note: This is general information, not tax or legal advice. Store policies change,…
Publix’s deli counter can do more for a shopper than the price tags behind the glass ever let on. It comes down to what you ask for at the counter. These are the Publix deli tricks Floridians over 60 swear by. 1. Sampling Before You Buy Publix’s deli page carries an open invitation for its…
