Author: Elizabeth Blessing
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Chrysler is recalling 265,512 Ram ProMaster vans to replace power-steering wiring and gears free as needed, with interim owner letters due Nov. 17
Water getting into the wiring of a Ram ProMaster can switch off its power steering assist, and Chrysler is recalling 265,512 of the vans because of it. Filing as FCA US, the company says dealers will inspect the wiring harness and the electronic power steering gear and replace them as necessary, at no charge, according…
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The Senate unanimously passed 65 IRS service reforms in the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, and the House must act before any take effect
Sixty-five changes to how the Internal Revenue Service treats taxpayers cleared the Senate on Sept. 30, 2026, with no senator objecting. None of them is law. The package, called the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, now sits with the House, and nothing in it takes effect unless the House acts and the bill reaches the…
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Utah’s gas tax is 31.9 cents a gallon through Dec. 31, down from its standard 37.9 cents
Utah drivers have been paying six cents less per gallon in state fuel tax since July 1, and that discount has a stop date. The Utah State Tax Commission’s fuel rate table lists a temporary motor fuel rate of 31.9 cents a gallon from July 1 through Dec. 31, 2026. The standard rate, in effect…
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23andMe settlement payments went out Sept. 29 and 30, while health-information claim payments wait until claimants send payment details
23andMe data breach settlement payments went out Sept. 29 and 30, 2026, to people whose claims were approved. One group is still waiting on its own move. Payments on Health Information Claims are sent only after the claimant provides payment information, the settlement website says. What was paid and what was not The administrator, Kroll…
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Californians who booked a Venetian Las Vegas stay on its website can claim an estimated $71.39 from a privacy settlement by Nov. 24
The Venetian Las Vegas has agreed to a $1.6 million settlement over how its website handled the information of California visitors. People who booked a stay through venetianlasvegas.com can file for an estimated $71.39, and the claim form is due Nov. 24, 2026, according to the settlement website. Affiliate links — we may earn a…
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Raging Waters ticket buyers who paid an online processing fee since June 2020 can claim a share of a drip-pricing refund until Nov. 24
A water park ticket that looks cheap at the start of checkout can cost more by the last click. A lawsuit over that practice, known as drip pricing, has produced a settlement with Festival Fun Parks, LLC, the company behind Raging Waters. Anyone in the United States who bought admission tickets on the park’s website…
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WIC now gives pregnant and postpartum mothers $48 a month and fully breastfeeding mothers $53 for fruits and vegetables
Pregnant and postpartum women on WIC now get $48 a month to spend on fruits and vegetables, and mothers who are fully breastfeeding get $53, under amounts the U.S. Department of Agriculture set for the federal fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2026. Children get $27. WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,…
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SSI no longer counts food someone else provides when figuring in-kind support, only help with shelter, Social Security’s 2026 guide says
Food that a relative, friend or roommate provides no longer lowers a Supplemental Security Income check, according to Social Security’s 2026 guide to living arrangements. Since Sept. 30, 2024, food has been left out of the calculation for what the agency calls in-kind support and maintenance, which leaves help with shelter as the part that…
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Social Security misvalued vehicles in 24 of 48 sampled cases where SSI recipients owned more than one, its inspector general found
The Social Security Administration misvalued vehicles in 24 of 48 sampled cases where Supplemental Security Income recipients reported owning more than one, according to an audit by the agency’s inspector general. The report, dated Sept. 15, 2026, also found that auditors suspected 54 of 208 sampled recipients owned vehicles they never reported. SSI is the…
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Generic drugs are exempt from Trump’s tariff on imported patented medicines, which reached all remaining drugmakers on Sept. 29
The tariff on imported patented medicines has now reached every remaining drugmaker, and generic drugs are not part of it. A proclamation President Trump signed April 2, 2026, puts a 100 percent duty on imported patented pharmaceuticals and their ingredients, and the White House text says the duty applies to the remaining companies from Sept.…