Consumer Affairs
The suburban natural gas supplier says a massive hike is needed for critical infrastructure work.
Gov. Pritzker’s administration says $130 million in federal funding promised to Illinois for expansion of affordable rooftop solar was illegally halted.
The Sun-Times is digging into pricing data from Chicago area hospitals and would like to know what you have experienced.
It can reveal plaque in arteries, offering a more precise estimate of a person’s risk of heart disease. Yet the test remains underused.
President Donald Trump’s administration announced the start of a deportation campaign in Chicago. The Sun-Times and WBEZ spoke with experts who shared what businesses and workers should know.
The nonprofit Citizens Utility Board said the suppliers — known for soliciting door-to-door, by phone and mail — often have customers mistakenly thinking they are getting a deal.
Chicago attorney Misha Tseytlin says the VA is “flouting” a recent Supreme Court decision that expanded GI Bill benefits and that this is hurting some of the country’s longest-serving veterans.
The plush, mischievous monster dolls have risen in popularity over the last year, and they can often be spotted hanging from backpacks or purses.
The laws will bolster consumer protections for crypto users and limit withdrawals to $2,500 a day for new users of digital currency kiosks, which have become magnets for scams and drug-dealing.
Falling gas prices helped offset some of the impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs but an array of products like coffee got more expensive.
The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America and a climate group found that even people with average credit got dinged on their price quotes.
Federal attorneys did not estimate the impact on renters, but noted one apartment complex boasted of raising rents 25% in a single year.
The tagline for Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet — “Where you always save more money” — made him and his partner Nick Celozzi instantly recognizable and became a part of Chicago pop culture.
As part of a push for change in how car insurance is priced, the secretary of state is looking at how non-driving factors like age, credit score and ZIP code affect a driver’s insurance rate, as a Sun-Times Watchdogs investigation found..
The app, which recently went viral, found thousands of user selfies and photo identification were accessed in a data breach, along with about 59,000 images from posts, comments and direct messages within the app.