By Harry Samler – CBS46 (Watch Now) ATLANTA, Ga. — Fred Stein is a furloughed construction coordinator. He and forty of his colleagues have been waiting for benefits since April. That would be state unemployment plus the $600 weekly supplement...
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By Molly Samuel – WABE (Listen Now) Wykeisha Howe said she knows how to be thrifty. “I try my best to manage and ration out things as best as possible,” she said. During Atlanta’s sweltering summers, the mom of eight doesn’t turn the AC down...
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By Harry Samler – CBS46 (Watch Now) ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) — With the $600 federal supplement payments scheduled to end this weekend, unemployed Georgians may be looking for more help to pay their bills. Better Call Harry and the consumer...
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By Asa Aarons Smith – WJCL (Watch Now) SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) —Millions of Americans have experienced job or income loss because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you’re among them and thinking of taking out a car pawn title loan to help with...
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By Mary Landers – Savannah Morning News A pandemic-related moratorium on power shutoffs expires Wednesday, Georgia Power reminded its customers in a press release issued Tuesday. For customers who accumulated a past-due balance during the COVID-19...
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By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder Georgia Power can recover $7.7 million it spent on COVID-19 safety expenses, but drew criticism over the message that it sends when it sticks customers with the tab. This week’s 3-2 vote by the Georgia Public...
More infoCrucial Georgia Usury Cap Should Be Expanded to Protect Consumers from the Debt Trap ATLANTA, GA – Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) eliminated consumer protections against predatory payday and car title lenders...
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By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder After several years of false starts, state lawmakers Wednesday sent legislation to the governor designed to rein in the unexpected medical bills that Georgians sometimes get after a hospital visit. Gov. Brian...
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By Yamil Berard – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Some pass along costs to consumers while others turn to insurers, government for help Having a family history of glaucoma, Liz Coyle was quick to schedule a visit to her eye doctor once coronavirus...
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By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder State utility regulators are set to sign off on terms of a repayment plan for 160,000 Georgia Power customers delinquent on their bills when a moratorium on electricity shut offs expires next month. The Georgia...
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By Matt Kempner – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia will end in July a ban on shutting off utility service to consumers for unpaid Georgia Power and some natural gas bills. Customers have been allowed to defer payment of monthly electric and...
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By Rebecca Lindstrom – 11Alive News (Watch Now) COVID-19 has lingered long enough, we now have survivors to celebrate. But it will take months, even years, for some to heal from the financial toll of battling this virus. “Those doctors and nurses...
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