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Twenty states, including Alabama and Mississippi have joined the FTC in court against Dollar General, alleging the company repeatedly overcharged customers despite warnings and previous settlements in multiple states.

Alabama shoppers could see the state's grocery tax vanish from their receipts in 2027, but that doesn't mean groceries will suddenly get cheaper everywhere. State lawmakers are drafting legislation to wipe out the remaining 2% state sales tax on food, yet city and county grocery taxes would stay firmly in place in most of the state's 465 municipalities and 67 counties.

GREENVILLE, Pitt County — JOY Community Center is inviting the public to tour its new free dental clinic Sunday, November 1. The open house is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. at 700 Albemarle Street. The center says the clinic is designed to help people experiencing dental pain and address other health concerns associated with oral problems.

Federal prosecutors have obtained a guilty plea from a California accountant in a Ponzi scheme that drained more than $7 million from nearly 90 investors. Antonio Honorato Silveira, 50, of Turlock has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California. Silveira worked as a tax preparer and accountant and […] The post California Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in $7,000,000 Ponzi Scheme appeared first on The Daily Hodl .

Why did Oriadha and County Executive request the $7.6 million return?. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — The Prince George’s County Council chair tells 7News she welcomes an audit of millions of dollars in tax money that went to a nonprofit founded by her friend. Chair Krystal Oriadha...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Senior Baltimore City employee Kara DiPietro pleaded not guilty Monday on six federal bank fraud charges after prosecutors say bank accounts under her control received more than $2.5 million through allegedly fraudulent loan applications tied to a federal pandemic-relief program. DiPietro, 49, of Towson, was indicted...

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WBFF) — For hundreds of retired Baltimore County police officers, the promise of a secure retirement has been undercut by decades of stagnant pension increases — a frustration that has intensified after the County Council approved a major raise for its own members. About 650...

A shipment of Hot Wheels cars worth an estimated $54,000 has been recovered by police in Southern California after a caller reported suspicious activity involving boxes being loaded into a pickup truck. The discovery in Colton resulted in an arrest…

The retired NYPD detective accused of fatally shooting a hardworking dad in a burst of road rage on the George Washington Bridge last week was pictured for the first time – as he arrived at court Tuesday morning after being freed on $1 million bail. Victor Romero, 62, wore a navy suit and tie, blankly staring away from cameras, as he entered Manhattan Criminal Court, flanked by his representatives. The appearance comes a week after he allegedly shot Koran Irvine , 46, in the right shoulder aroun

A tractor-trailer crossed into oncoming traffic and struck another truck head-on before overturning and spilling cranberry juice across Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania, injuring its driver and shutting westbound lanes overnight, state police announced Tuesday, Oct. 27. Three tractor-trailers and a tra…