Main Street Dollars

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A price shown in a dealer’s ad is supposed to be a price any buyer walking in the door can actually pay. That is the standard set out in price-transparency FAQs the Federal Trade Commission published Sept. 15, and it applies to what dealers put on websites, windshields and flyers. Staff guidance is not a…

Labcorp will pay 44 states $2.3 million over a breach hitting 10.2 million patients

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in Consumer Rights

Labcorp has agreed to pay $2.3 million to resolve claims brought by 44 states over a 2019 data breach that exposed information on 10.2 million of its patients. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, who led the group, announced the deal on Sept. 24. The money goes to the states, and the agreement offers no payments…

A federal fraud investigator collected $51,571.73 in disability pay, then hiked 50 miles in Italy’s Dolomites, prosecutors say

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in Fraud & Scams

Federal prosecutors in Utah say a supervisor at the Agriculture Department’s inspector general office submitted paperwork declaring herself totally disabled on the same day she flew to Italy. Michelle L. Bouziden, 44, of Ogden, is accused of collecting $51,571.73 in federal workers’ compensation and of hiking more than 50 miles in the Dolomites during the…

A New York man used his dead brother’s ATM card to take $109,746 in Social Security, prosecutors charge

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in Fraud & Scams

Social Security keeps paying until someone tells the agency that a beneficiary has died, and prosecutors say a New York man put that gap to use. David Darling is accused of using his dead brother’s ATM card to take $109,746 in Social Security benefits, with withdrawals beginning the day after the death. The case is…

Tyson is paying $72.5 million of a $202.7 million settlement with beef and pork plant workers, the biggest share

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in Settlements & Claims

Among the companies that settled the meatpacking wage case, one carries more than a third of the tab. Tyson Foods agreed to $72.5 million, the largest single share of a $202.7 million total that resolves claims by beef and pork plant workers, and the next two payers, JBS and Cargill, bring the top three to…

The House passed a tax relief bill for fraud victims, and the Senate is next

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The House passed H.R. 9500, the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act, by a vote of 408-17 on Sept. 16, 2026. The bill would open the tax code’s theft-loss deduction to people who lost money to scams, and it now moves to the Senate. It is not law. Nothing in the bill takes effect unless…

IRS deadline relief for people affected by the Israel and Gaza attacks ends Sept. 30

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Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, is the last day of IRS postponement relief for people affected by the terrorist attacks in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Filing and payment deadlines that fell between Sept. 30, 2025 and Sept. 30, 2026 were pushed to today for covered taxpayers. The IRS has posted no extension in its…

Long-term care insurers will send customers a new IRS form for 2026 premiums

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A new tax form is taking shape for a narrow group of long-term care insurance customers, the ones whose retirement plan is involved in paying premiums. Draft IRS instructions for Form 1099-LPS, the Long-Term Care Premiums Paid Statement, say insurers that issue certified long-term care coverage will report premiums and charges starting with tax year…

Trump’s tax law adds a 1% federal tax on cash, money orders and cashier’s checks sent abroad, and the sender owes it

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Since Jan. 1, 2026, a 1% federal excise tax has applied to money sent abroad when the sender pays with cash, a money order, a cashier’s check or a similar physical instrument. President Trump’s 2025 tax law created it, and the sender owes it. A transfer funded from a bank account or with a U.S.-issued…

Rhode Island Energy bills rise $16.42 a month on Oct. 1, then a $20.45 winter credit arrives

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