On March 1, 2020, New York State’s Bag Waste Reduction Law will go into effect. As of that date, all businesses collecting sales tax
Category: Consumer issues
Trump delays farm-water testing. Americans get E. Coli
Donald Trump is making us sick—and I mean that literally. Some food experts are claiming that the recent outbreak of E.Coli contamination in Romaine
Curbside composting: Convenient, eco-friendly, but will it work?
Too lazy to compost? Yeah, me too. But with an emerging service, known as curbside food-waste pickup, people like us can feel less guilty
St. Louis public transportation needs to get on track
Gooey butter cake, the Gateway Arch, the Cardinals, and telling jokes on Halloween. There is no doubt that all of these things remind you
Student Loan Watchdog Quits Trump Administration with scorching resignation letter
Mick Mulvaney, Donald Trump’s appointee to head up [translation:destroy] the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau comes in for devastating criticism in a letter of resignation
While Rome burns, the ACLU rebuilds
The Constitution is important. Full stop. It does many things, chief among them being defining and protecting the rights of people in the United
Flake, Corker, McCain: Not the moral heroes they’re cracked up to be
Republican Senators Jeff Flake, Bob Corker and John McCain have been receiving many kudos for speaking out against Donald Trump’s worst behaviors, lack of
Invasion of the stink bug: Icky and economically dangerous
And now, a word about the brown marmorated stink bug. If you haven’t heard of it, count yourself lucky. This autumn the stink bug,
After Equifax data breach, MO’s Ann Wagner votes against CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is, as it states on its Website, “a U.S. government agency that makes sure banks, lenders, and other
Tracking Trump’s regulatory rollbacks: so far, so bad
While Donald Trump distracts us with bellicose pronouncements and internecine White House wars, his henchmen in regulatory agencies are methodically rolling back decades of