Texas doesn’t set a deadline for paying out unused paid time off (PTO) because the state never requires that payout in the first place. Nothing in writing means nothing owed. The Texas Workforce Commission treats a written PTO policy as a binding promise the moment an employer puts one on paper. From that point on,…
A cashier at a Kroger in Dayton taps in a discount before the register prints the total, and the shopper never touched a coupon to get it. The reason is a birthday, not a sale. Kroger only runs this discount a few days a year, only for shoppers past a certain age, and only if…
The Georgia-Oklahoma game at Sanford Stadium on September 26 is already marked sold out on the athletic department’s schedule page. A crowd that size runs on food, and plenty of it starts at a Publix deli counter. But many people stick to their same order. These are the Publix deli requests Georgians don’t know they…
Do you know exactly what your favorite rewards program changed on you in the last two years? Hardly anyone checks. Companies keep the loyalty card in a shopper’s wallet and change the math behind it, so the same spending buys less than it used to. These are the loyalty program changes giving Pennsylvanians less for…
A Publix pharmacist in Ocala calls out a name and hands over a white bag. The pharmacist mentions, almost as an aside, that a Medicare pilot program can now cut the copay on a pricey weight-loss injection to $50 a month. These are the Publix Pharmacy perks Floridians never think to ask about. Note: This…
Publix cycles more than 100 buy-one-get-one deals through its weekly ad most weeks, according to deal-tracking site Krazy Coupon Lady. Many Floridians skip a whole set of items at full price and wait for the rotation to bring them back. The list resets weekly. These are the things Floridians refuse to buy at Publix unless…
A federal appeals court threw out the rule that would’ve forced every subscription service to make canceling as easy as signing up. Nobody has to make it easy now. Ohio has no auto-renewal law on the books, either, so each company decides how hard your exit gets to be. These are the reasons Ohioans and…
South Carolina’s Department of Motor Vehicles charges every new resident a flat $250 just to title a car they already own. What comes next catches many new residents off guard, and hardly any of it works the way they expect. These are the vehicle tax surprises that catch new South Carolinians off guard. Note: This…
The state Comptroller’s office counted more than 246,700 heat and hot water complaints across New York City in 2024. New York sets no single repair deadline for a landlord. The clock runs anywhere from zero hours to 90 days, depending on how dangerous the problem is. New York City’s housing agency sorts every violation into…
Two-thirds of Iowa’s farmland belongs to owners 65 or older, according to Iowa State University’s Farmland Ownership and Tenure Survey. Very little of it gets farmed by the person on the deed. These are the farm lease terms that cost Iowa landowners every renewal. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Farm lease terms…
