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DJE Concrete & Construction in Kent is at the center of a warning from the Better Business Bureau following complaints, state violations and an F rating.

DJE Concrete & Construction receives F rating from agency after failing to complete jobs

Members of Generation Z are more than three times as likely as Boomers to have fallen for an online scam in the past year, according to a new report from consultancy Deloitte

There’s a pretty aggressive robocall going around Albuquerque right now, targeting student loan borrowers.

Maines new Office of Affordable Health Care holds its first public hearing this week, and people are being strongly encouraged to participate. Health insurance rates are increasing next year, and Mainers - like all Americans - continue to pay some of the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Ceilidh Shea, policy advocate with the nonprofit Consumers for Affordable Healthcare, said the hearing is a chance for Mainers to help lawmakers better understand their healthcare needs. ....

By M. Mitchell Waldrop for the National Academy of Science.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Washington News Service reporting for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service Collaboration. The problem has gone by many names since the 2016 US presidential election first brought it to widespread attention-from "fake news," to "infodemic" during the COVID-19 pandemic, to "misinformation" in a slew of academic studies. ...

From the Better Business Bureau:

Car dealers regularly advertise cars with unrepaired safety recall defects in California, even though it is illegal for dealers to sell or even offer for sale vehicles that do not comply with one of the hundreds of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. For example, a recent check of CarMax.com revealed a 2020 Lincoln Aviator for sale; a car under recall for intermittent failures of the backup camera which has no permanent fix. Janette Fennell, president of the nonprofit advocacy group Kidsan...

Ohioans seeking help from companies promising to reduce or eliminate debt or fix their credit scores are getting duped, and often are left financially worse off, according to a new report. Judy Dollison, president of the Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio, said the rise in student loan, medical and credit card debt has increased demand for such services. The problem, she said, is not all companies are legitimate. ...

Washington and Oregon credit unions are working together to tackle text-message scammers. Credit unions in the region say theyre seeing a sharp increase in complaints about fraudulent texts pretending to be from the regional financial institutions. At the peak of the scam, one credit union fielded between 200 and 400 calls per day from people reporting it. ...