As Americans struggle with the cost of living, state utility consumer advocates are on the front lines of complex regulatory battles that decide what people pay for power and heating. Unsung, scrappy ...
Federal agents equipped with megaphones descended on a Metairie apartment complex Thursday and urged people to come out for questioning, spurring immigration advocates to advise residents that agents ...
LANSING — The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a big case with possible implications for businesses that are immune from lawsuits under past rulings that, according to critics, ...
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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Ameren Illinois is asking state regulators for permission to raise its natural gas delivery rates by more than $128 million, a move the company says is necessary to meet federal ...
The Better Business Bureau warns of a rise in online scams targeting shoppers of seasonal holiday decorations. Scammers create fake websites with deep discounts to lure customers, then fail to deliver ...
An Illinois state lawmaker is pushing battery storage legislation, but not all of her Democratic colleagues are on board. State Rep. Ann Williams, D-Chicago, said the Clean and Reliable Grid ...
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, which acts on behalf of utility customers, on Thursday said it opposed a settlement plan disclosed hours earlier in which utility AES Indiana said it ...
The AES Indiana Petersburg location is one possible site for the construction of new natural gas power units. (IBJ file photo) The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, which acts on behalf of ...
INDIANAPOLIS — At a time when AES Indiana is already asking state regulators to approve a rate hike that would increase Hoosiers’ electric bills by an average of $21 a month, some consumer advocates ...
As climate disasters intensify, insurance companies are withdrawing from high-risk areas—a practice called “bluelining.” Though not explicitly race-based, bluelining mirrors the effects of historical ...