Georgia taxes your 401(k) withdrawals on paper, then hands most of it back at tax time. The state counts every dollar you pull from a 401(k) as ordinary income. From there, its retirement income exclusion lets you subtract a big chunk of that income once you turn 62. For some retirees, that wipes the state…
How much does home insurance cost in Florida? Most homeowners pay around $5,838 a year in 2026, per Bankrate, to insure a typical $300,000 house. That’s more than double the national average of $2,424. The number swings hard, though. A blended statewide figure runs closer to $3,390 a year at NerdWallet, while MoneyGeek, which weights…
A couple downsizes from a house near Sarasota to a smaller place across the county line. They file for the new homestead exemption, sign every form the closing agent slides across the table, and miss the form that would have carried years of savings to their new address. That form has a name, and skipping…
Yes, Publix takes Apple Pay, and it has at every Florida store since April 2020. Tap your iPhone or Apple Watch at the register and you’re done, no card needed. That’s good news for customers adjusting to one recent change: Publix pulled the plug on its own in-app payment tool, Publix Pay, in March 2026….
A Roswell couple takes a new job three states north, unpacks their kitchen, and drives to the closest grocery store for a normal Tuesday run. They push a cart down a dim aisle, and nobody says a word to them the whole trip. That’s when it lands: The Publix they left behind had spoiled them….
Every Publix in Florida runs on a set of rules nobody printed on a sign. Break one, and no cashier will scold you. But the regular behind you knows in a heartbeat that you didn’t grow up shopping there. These are the unwritten Publix rules Floridians expect everyone to follow. Grab a Deli Number Walk…
Yes, South Carolina has a property tax break for seniors, and the biggest is the Homestead Exemption. Once you turn 65, it wipes out the property tax on the first $50,000 of your home’s fair market value. It stacks. Owner-occupied homes in the Palmetto State already get a lower assessment rate and a school-tax break…
Does Publix have a rewards program? Sort of. Publix has never run a points-or-punch-card system, and it doesn’t plan to start. What it runs instead is Club Publix, a free membership. Give your phone number at the register, and you unlock personalized coupons and deals. For Florida shoppers, that free sign-up is where the biggest…
When comparing Aldi and Walmart in Florida, Aldi is usually the cheaper of the two. But the gap is thinner than the ads make it sound. Fill one cart at both stores, and Aldi’s total tends to come in a few dollars under Walmart’s. That’s not a landslide. Walmart wins some of that back on…
Think a full parking lot means your grocery store is safe? Not this summer. Stores that anchored their shopping centers for years are taping up closing signs across Ohio. These are the store closings hitting Ohioans hard this summer. 1. Heinen’s Downtown Cleveland Heinen’s turned the old Cleveland Trust rotunda on East 9th Street into…
