November 3, 2020 – Many states this year are allowing early processing of ballots to deal with the historically high number of absentee, early in-person, and hand-delivered votes. The states that changed their procedures this year include Maine and South Carolina (which have hotly contested U.S. Senate races) and the presidential battleground of Michigan (but […]
Elaine S. Povich, Stateline
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What? Women Pay More Than Men for Auto Insurance? (Yup.)
February 11, 2019 – It’s a widespread belief that men pay more for automobile insurance than women. But that’s only true for young adults. Several studies in 2018 and 2017 revealed that women over 25, particularly those between 40 and 60, often pay more than men — not less — for auto insurance, all other […]
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Late Payment? A ‘Kill Switch’ Can Strand You and Your Car
Nov. 27, 2018 – About a decade ago, when Erin Hayes was in her late teens, she bought a used car with a subprime loan from one of those “buy here, pay here” car lots close to her home near Raleigh, North Carolina. One day in 2013, having forgotten to make her payment, she got […]