Wyoming State

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WyoFile

Don Hall is an avid snowmobiler, but instead of heading for the hills each winter in search of deep powder, he takes an older snowmachine to lower elevations nearer the snow line. There’s a reason the Riverton resident prefers the lower zones despite the rocks, fences and sage most riders avoid: That’s where the coyotes are.

Wyoming allows snowmobilers to run down wildlife. Despite global outrage, it may stay legal.

California State

Hawaii State

Real Simple

These unlucky states boast grocery prices well above the national average.

5 States With the Highest Grocery Bills, According to the U.S. Census Bureau

MarketRealist

The full-time driver made people cry out loud for not making as much as him.

UPS driver shares the incredible money he makes in a week and now, we want to apply

While the best state to retire in the U.S. is also one of the smallest in the country, the worst state to retire is the largest. Alaska ranks as the worst state in the U.S. to retire for the third year in a row, according to Bankrate’s study of the best states to retire in 2024.

The 10 worst states to retire in the U.S.—No. 1 isn’t California or New York

DC News Now

The lawsuit accuses Cash App and its parent company of negligence after some account data was accessed by unauthorized users.

Cash App settlement: Are you eligible to claim up to $2,500?

NBC News

The 10 worst states to retire in the U.S. No. 1 isn't California or New York

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Alabama State

Living in major U.S. cities means higher housing costs and less space for your money. And when the covid-19 pandemic sparked the rise of remote work, it caused many workers to second-guess living in a major metropolis like New York and San Francisco. Though some companies continue to push in-office...

6 places across the U.S. that will pay you thousands of dollars to move there

Bank of America customers could be in line for a pay out, after a settlement was agreed that saw the bank set aside $21 million for affected parties. The settlement affects customers who were with the bank between 2019 and 2023, and were charged certain wire transfer fees on incoming payments.

Bank of America $21 Million Settlement: Find Out if You’re Eligible

San Francisco, CA

Money

Renters may finally be getting a break. The median asking rent across all bedroom counts fell year-over-year in July — the first time that’s happened since the the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic back in June 2020, according to real estate company Redfin. The median asking rate for...

Rents Are Finally Falling — Here Are the Cities With the Biggest Drops

Florida State

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L. Cane

Astute Floridians may already know that 2023 was a very difficult year for the trucking industry and 2024 is proving to be difficult for trucking in Florida. Specifically, according to Costa Systems, in 2023, 80,000 trucking companies shut down operations. And in Florida in July of 2024, three trucking companies filed for bankruptcy and one laid off dozens.

FL Trucking Hit Hard - Three Trucking Companies File For Bankruptcy & Another Lays Off In July 2024

Louisiana State

Mississippi State

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The 5 States With the Lowest Gas Prices

New Jersey State

Upworthy

Public discourse about minimum wage and living wages has been ongoing for years, with people debating whether the government should mandate a minimum hourly pay for workers.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the first federal minimum wage law in 1938, setting the lowest wage a worker could be paid at 25 cents per hour. Nearly a century later, the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr, holding steady since 2009, with people lobbying to raise it to at least $15/hr for over a decade. However, in addition to federal law, each state has its own laws, a handful of which establish a state minimum wage higher than $15, a handful of which don't have a set minimum wage at all and everything in between.Cost of living has also been a hot topic as inflation has squeezed everyone's wallets and certain cities and states have become utterly unaffordable, especially for people in low-wage jobs or who who are just starting out in their careers. So how do minimum wage and cost of living correlate state-by-state? Are there any sweet spots with a high(er) minimum wage and low(er) cost of living? 

6 states where the minimum wage and cost of living offer the best bang for your buck

BGR.com

After suffering two data breaches in recent years, Cash App has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit. As a result, anyone who has had a Cash App account since 2018 is potentially entitled to a payout from Block, the company that runs the mobile payment service.
As the settlement website explains, a class action lawsuit alleged that Block, Inc. and Cash App Investing, LLC “were negligent and breached other obligations to users” when personal data was accessed by unauthorized users on two separate occasions in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, a former Cash App employee accessed account data without permission,...

How to claim your share of Cash App’s $15 million settlement

Denver, CO

David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Bristol, PA

The US Sun

WATER drinkers have just days left to stake their claim in a $2.7 million contamination settlement. No documentation is required for eligible Americans to receive their payments. Altuglas, a company that specializes in the production of Plexiglas, has been sued over claims of contaminating a large water supply, per Top Class Actions. In March 2023, […]

Water drinkers have days left to claim their share of $2.7 million settlement – and you don’t need any proof

New York City, NY

Business Insider

The housing supply has increased post-pandemic in hot cities like Nashville and Austin, giving some renters more perks when they move.

Most apartment owners in 6 big US cities are offering deals to renters — but don't expect a break in NYC or Miami

Massachusetts State

Scripps News

Using metrics such as affordability, economy, education and health, and quality of life, a New England state ranked as the best state to live in. A Southern state was ranked at the bottom.

Massachusetts is the best state to live in, Louisiana ranks last, report says

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Pompano Beach, FL

Akeena

In a shocking revelation, Kings Mart, a grocery store in Pompano Beach, has been slapped with a series of severe health violations by the Florida Department of Agriculture. The inspection, carried out by Francis Odio, uncovered a disturbing range of problems that have led to the immediate closure of several sections of the store.

An inspection found bugs in the food and rodent poop on the shelves at a Florida grocery store

NewsBreak

Rocky Mountain Power wants to hike rates again, this time by $123.5 million, or 14.7%

The request by Wyoming’s largest monopoly electricity provider is mostly due to investments in renewables, interstate transmission lines and wildfire liability. Fresh off a regulatory defeat,...

Rocky Mountain Power wants to hike rates again, this time by $123.5 million, or 14.7%

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