New York is sending School Tax Relief (STAR) payments to nearly 3 million homeowners this year, more than $2 billion in all, according to Governor Hochul’s office. Not every homeowner keeps the full amount. These are the STAR and Enhanced STAR rules that cost New York homeowners a credit. Note: This is general information, not…
You scan the MVP card at Food Lion because that’s what you’ve always done. The cashier says nothing. There’s more to that card than you’re using, but the cashier doesn’t say anything because of the line behind you. These are the Food Lion secrets employees wish South Carolinians had learned years ago. 1. A Wrong…
A West Palm Beach news station reported in August that a Vero Beach homeowner watched her premium climb toward $9,000 after her roof hit 15 years, with no cheaper quote anywhere. Her roof didn’t leak. It just had a birthday, and Florida’s insurers have built their underwriting playbook around that date. Not all of it…
You have 30 days to tell your employer and two years from the date of the accident to file a claim with the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission. Both clocks run at once. The Commission took in 515,479 injury reports in the fiscal year that ended in June 2025, and just 29,064 of them turned into…
Georgia carries the third-highest share of delinquent auto loans in the country, according to a 2025 LendingTree analysis of borrower credit reports. After a repossession in Georgia, the lender starts a set of legal clocks, and they decide how much more this costs you. The car is only where it starts. Note: This is general…
As of this summer, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission had more than 67,000 vehicles sitting in active registration suspension over unpaid tolls. One missed toll got them all there. These are the fees that stack onto a single missed toll for Pennsylvania drivers, in the order they hit. Note: This is general information, not legal advice….
Meijer’s app puts more than $1,000 in mPerks savings in front of shoppers every week. There’s work you need to do on your end, though. mPerks can help you save money, but no rewards program is perfect. These are the mPerks rules we think cost Kentuckians the most at Meijer. 1. Skipping the Digital Clip…
Every Aldi in Wisconsin swaps out its Aldi Finds aisle on Wednesdays. The items in that aisle are time-sensitive, which is part of the fun… and part of the problem. This is why Aldi’s middle aisle is where many shoppers lose their Aldi savings every week. 1. Racing the Weekly Sell-Out Aldi shoppers who spot…
California’s average mortgage balance runs $457,540 in 2026, according to the credit-reporting firm Experian. A loan that size can get sold to a brand-new servicer without the homeowner missing a single payment or signing a single new document. Nothing about the mortgage itself changes. But the account still passes through a handoff. Because of that…
Some H-E-B rules don’t matter until you’re standing at the checkout. That’s when shoppers discover that weekly deals can vary from store to store and Texas law controls when certain products can be sold. These are the things H-E-B employees wish Texans knew before they get in line. Note: This is general information, not legal…
