Governor Hochul budget hikes NY spending but not taxes. 5 takeaways

Gov. Kathy Hochul says booming income tax collections enable the state to hoist spending on child care, schools and Medicaid without raising taxes.

'Your whole life is on the phone.' Should companies like Verizon be forced to refund you the next time there's a major outage?

As of now, there are essentially no federal or state laws requiring automatic refunds in the case of service outages, according to John Breyault, a vice president at the National Consumers League. But ...
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Verizon Offering Refund To Customers Affected By Outage In New York

Yesterday, Verizon customers experienced a nationwide outage that left many customers asking if they would be getting a ...
Fox 5 NY

Amazon refund settlement: How much you could receive

Amazon has opened a claims process for refunds tied to a $2.5 billion FTC settlement over Prime enrollment and cancellation practices. Eligible U.S. Prime members who did not receive automatic refunds ...
Yahoo

Delta Air Lines to end flights to, from New York airport, refund existing bookings

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines will no longer fly to and from the Greater Binghamton Airport in New York starting in February. According to the airline, service to the New York airport will end with a ...
AOL

Food Delivery Apps Are Required to Pay Full Cash Refunds Instead of Credits in 1 State Starting This Week

Food delivery apps will soon have to change how they handle refunds in California. Starting Thursday, Jan. 1, a new state law will require platforms like DoorDash, Uber Eats and others to issue full ...
WNYT NewsChannel 13

Consumer Alert: Navigating New York’s refund laws

The New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is advising holiday shoppers to review store refund and return policies to avoid surprises. The National Retailer Foundation ...
KREM

Washington state regulators order Avista to refund over-collected rates

LACEY, Wash. — The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) has rejected tariff sheets filed by Avista and ordered the company to refund $5.86 million to customers who were overcharged ...
New York Post

Here’s how Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could impact your tax refunds in April

The first tax season under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is fast approaching – and most filers can expect a slew of fresh and enlarged deductions that will result in bigger refund ...
KHQ

State orders Avista to refund customers for overcharges

LACEY, Wash. – The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has ordered Avista to refund $5.86 million to its customers. This decision, made on December 19, 2025, follows the rejection of ...
KXLY 4 News

State regulators order Avista to refund over-collected rates

LACEY, Wash. – The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission announced it's ordering Avista to refund rates that the company over-collected. It rejected tariff sheets Avista filed in October ...