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People who received BuyAlerts texts after opting out can claim up to $42.16 by February 16
People who got more than one text message from BuyAlerts after replying “stop,” or while their number was on the Do Not Call Registry, can...
Hyundai and Kia owners have until April 8, 2027, and Toyota owners until December 11, 2028, to claim from airbag-control-unit settlements
Owners of certain Hyundai, Kia and Toyota vehicles can still file claims over defective airbag control units, but the two settlements run on different deadlines....
Lake Compounce online ticket buyers can claim cash from a $500,000 processing-fee settlement
People who bought tickets on Lake Compounce’s website and paid a processing fee can file a claim for cash from a $500,000 settlement fund. The...
Raging Waters customers who paid an online processing fee can claim from an $850,000 settlement by November 24
Anyone who bought admission tickets at ragingwaters.com and paid an online processing fee has until November 24, 2026, to file for a share of an...
The FTC says it is not contacting anyone about Amazon Prime refunds, and warns that messages asking for payment are scams
Any message that asks for payment to release an Amazon Prime refund is a scam, and the Federal Trade Commission says it is not contacting...
Whole milk cost $4.11 a gallon in September, and strawberries $2.84 for 12 ounces
Whole milk averaged $4.11 a gallon across U.S. cities in September, and strawberries $2.84 for 12 ounces, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Milk...
Electricity cost 19.6 cents a kilowatt-hour nationally in September, up from 18.8 cents a year earlier
Electricity averaged 19.6 cents per kilowatt-hour across U.S. cities in September, up from 18.8 cents in September 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics....
Lands’ End data-breach claims close October 22
Anyone Lands’ End notified about its December 2024 data incident has until Thursday, October 22, to file a claim in the class settlement. The settlement...
Prime members who already cashed a $51 Amazon refund can get up to $149 more, and the FTC says the extra payments keep going out through April
Prime members who already cashed an Amazon refund of up to $51 may have more coming. Amazon can issue up to $149 on top of...
Totally disabled Miami-Dade veterans pay no property tax, but must file by March 1
Florida lets a veteran with a total and permanent service-connected disability skip the property tax bill on a homestead entirely. In Miami-Dade County, first-time applicants...
Detroit disabled veterans and unremarried surviving spouses without an approved exemption must file Form 5107 before December 31 to get the year’s property-tax exemption
Detroit homeowners who are disabled veterans, and unremarried surviving spouses of eligible veterans, have until December 31 to file Form 5107 for this year’s property-tax...
New Hampshire limits electric shutoffs from November 15 to March 31 and makes utilities get regulator approval to cut off customers 65 and older
New Hampshire’s winter shutoff rules run from November 15 through March 31, and during those months an electric utility is sharply restricted in when it...
Detroit homeowners have until 4:30 p.m. on November 6 to file for the poverty property-tax exemption, and households whose only income is SSI or Social Security benefits do not reapply each year
Detroit homeowners who want the city’s poverty property-tax exemption have until 4:30 p.m. on November 6, 2026, to turn in an application. Approval exempts the...
SeatGeek customers charged fees on tickets to Nevada events from November 2020 through May 2025 can claim a share of $7.75 million until January 5
People who bought SeatGeek tickets to events in Nevada between November 7, 2020 and May 12, 2025 and were charged fees can claim a share...
People whose Progressive Texas PIP medical bills were paid late have until January 19, 2027 to claim interest from an $8 million settlement that caps class payments at $6 million
Texas auto policyholders and passengers whose Progressive personal injury protection (PIP) medical bills were paid late can file until January 19, 2027 for interest and...
Missouri bars heat shutoffs on days forecast below freezing, Nov. 1 to March 31
Missouri’s Cold Weather Rule is in effect from Nov. 1 through March 31, and during that stretch gas and electric companies cannot cut off heat-related...
Xcel’s average Wisconsin residential electric bill is set to run about $24.91 a month above 2025 levels in 2027
Xcel Energy’s average residential electric customer in Wisconsin is set to pay about $24.91 more a month in 2027 than in 2025, under rates that...
New Hampshire’s Tri-County CAP starts paying fuel assistance December 1 in three northern counties
Tri-County Community Action Program in New Hampshire says its fuel assistance program opens Dec. 1, the day payments begin going to fuel vendors for households...
Nicor Gas bills in northern Illinois rise about $2 a month starting in November
Illinois regulators approved a rate increase for Nicor Gas on Oct. 15, and the typical residential customer in northern Illinois will pay about $2 more...
Aldi’s Thanksgiving dinner for 10 costs under $39 this year
Aldi is selling a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people for less than $39 this year, about $3.90 a person, with the offer running from October...