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People across the country are facing a wide range of challenges, including affording housing and dealing with inflation.

People across the country are facing a wide range of challenges, including affording housing and dealing with inflation.

The federal SNAP program allows nearly 1.3 million Ohio families to put food on the table -- but increasingly, when many recipients attempt to use their card at a store, they are told they do not have enough funds. At grocery and convenience stores across the state, fraudsters are installing illegal skimming devices capable of reading cards as they are swiped and using the card data to steal money. Alisha Love, an EBT card user, said she has been a victim of EBT theft more than once. ...

Buying a used car can be a risky proposition, but a new consumer guide can help people avoid common pitfalls. The nonprofit Oregon Consumer Justice just released the first edition of its free resource, called the Consumer Confidence Comics. The unique guide doubles as an interactive comic book with coloring pages. ...

An Arizona consumer group is applauding the U.S. Department of Energy's new residential water heater standards that they say will save American households about $7.6 billion per year on energy and water bills. That's over $200 per month on the average residential utility bill. ...