Tyler Foster
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Pennsylvania to mail free chip SNAP cards to over 1.7 million recipients in late spring 2027
Pennsylvania plans to start mailing chip-enabled benefit cards to the more than 1.7 million people on SNAP, the program once known as food stamps, in...
HMSA raises 2027 premiums to $240 a month on two Akamai Advantage Medicare plans, up from $160 and $151
HMSA, Hawaii’s largest health insurer, has told about 16,000 Medicare Advantage members that their Akamai Advantage Complete Plus and Standard Plus plans will not be...
Fannie Mae’s sale of 919 seriously delinquent home loans is expected to close by November 4, and buyers must offer homeowners options that can include principal forgiveness before foreclosing, except on vacant or condemned properties
The part of Fannie Mae’s latest loan sale that matters most to borrowers is a condition on the buyer, not the price. Before starting a...
Pacific Power customers in California get a $111.83 Climate Credit on their November bills
Pacific Power’s California customers get a $111.83 Climate Credit on their November electric bills, the California Public Utilities Commission says. It is the second payment...
California will let courts return seized crypto to scam victims when scammers are overseas
California has a new way to give cryptocurrency back to people who were scammed, even when the scammers sit overseas and cannot be convicted. Senate...
A Wisconsin courier in a Phantom Hacker scam targeting elderly savers got 84 months
A federal judge in Wisconsin sentenced Ankurkumar Patel, 44, of Brookfield to 84 months in prison on October 6 for working as a courier in...
Connecticut heating aid pays $355 to $705, with applications open until May 31
Connecticut has been taking applications for heating aid since September 1, and the Department of Social Services will keep taking them through May 31, 2027....
Gold traded near $4,150 an ounce Thursday night, far below January’s $5,589.38 record
Gold traded near $4,150 an ounce on Thursday night, October 8, about $1,440 below the record of $5,589.38 it set on January 28. That leaves...
Comerica debit cards and checks keep working after Fifth Third converted about 600,000 accounts
Comerica debit cards and checks keep working after Fifth Third Bancorp converted about 600,000 Comerica accounts and 293 banking centers over Labor Day weekend, and...
Medicare users could pay extra for titanium or carbon-fiber ultralightweight wheelchairs starting in 2028 under a bill now headed to Trump
The Senate passed the Choices for Increased Mobility Act, H.R. 1703, by voice vote without amendment on September 30, clearing the last congressional step and...
Home Depot keeps helping Connecticut customers of bankrupt Wren Kitchens through October 31, after $1.235 million in relief to 286 of them
Home Depot will keep helping Connecticut customers of the bankrupt Wren Kitchens through October 31, Attorney General William Tong announced on October 5, after the...
Freddie Mac sold 1,968 seriously delinquent mortgages with about $428 million in unpaid balances to investors, with the sales set to settle in December
Freddie Mac has sold 1,968 seriously delinquent mortgages whose borrowers were between 15 and 21 months behind on average, depending on the pool, in an...
Pinellas County’s property appraiser estimates Florida’s Amendment 3 could save a homesteader about $1,203 in 2027 and $2,423 in 2028
Pinellas County’s property appraiser estimates that a homeowner who receives the full exemption would save about $1,203 in 2027 and $2,423 in 2028 if Florida...
Electric-heated homes face an average $1,196 winter heating bill, the Energy Department forecasts
Homes that heat with electricity are forecast to spend an average of $1,196 from November through March, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the...
Four Medicare Advantage drug plans carry Medicare’s low-performing warning for 2027, and members of plans rated under 3 stars for three straight years can leave anytime
The federal government flagged four Medicare Advantage drug contracts with its low-performing icon in the 2027 Star Ratings, released October 8, the same count as...
Illinois heating aid has $240 million available through August 13, 2027 or until funds run out, and every eligible household can apply starting November 1
Illinois has $240 million available for heating and electric bills this winter, and applications run through August 13, 2027, or until the money runs out....