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Abbott Proposes Ending Municipal Utility Monopolies in Austin and San Antonio

He says retail competition will cut household and business electric bills and that the change would need new state laws to take effect.

Retirement Balances Vary Widely by Age and by Data Source

Record Back-to-School Spending Hits $146.8 Billion as Families Face Higher Prices

Colgate-Palmolive Beats Q2 Estimates but Flags Cost and Tariff Risks to Margins

Egg Prices Plunged but Overall Prices Rose Since Trump Returned to Office

Platinum’s Brands Fund Posts Small Q2 Gain but Trails After AI-Led Market

U.S. Parents Set to Spend Record on School Costs as Worries and Debt Rise

Florida’s Month-Long Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Begins

California Enacts MyFirstEV Program Offering $3,500 Instant EV Rebate

Millions of Americans Are Borrowing or Draining Savings to Afford Groceries

New York City Adopts Click-to-Cancel Rule and Proposes All-In Pricing

CFPB Opens Inquiry on Revising TRID, Rescission and Reverse Mortgage Disclosures

Bolingbrook Mayor Urges Regulators to Reject Illinois American Water Rate Hike

22 State Attorneys General Object to USTR’s Proposed Tariffs on 59 Countries and the EU

BGE Files $156 Million Rate Case as Maryland Regulators Open Formal Review

Germany Proposes 20% Rise in Alcohol Tax in Finance Ministry Draft

BGE Asks Maryland Regulators to Raise Residential Electric Bills by $8 a Month

CIBC Agrees to Proposed $10‑Million Settlement Over Duplicate NSF Fees

Aldi Named Cheapest Supermarket in Which? June Price Check

Wholesale Sales Plunge as Supermarket Growth Reverses in Buenos Aires