Workplace costs traditionally covered by businesses passed to employees when the pandemic shuttered offices. What’s fair in the new workplace? Here is what to consider as you navigate the dollars and sense.
You may see more "out of service" bags on gas pumps over this coming Summer as industry experts warn some gas station drums will run out of fuel to pump into your ride. But it is not a gas shortage. Turns out, it is a trucker shortage.
Many Utahns have used their time at home during the pandemic to make improvements to their abodes, and even small projects can save you a lot on home insurance. But as the KSL Investigators crunched the data, something surprising jumped out: Those insurance discounts do not apply the same to everyone.
Utah created a new tool to get money into the hands of people who, perhaps, need it the most. This money is not a handout – it already belongs to those people.
Imagine being told you have to pay to clean up a fire that started in a neighbor’s apartment. KSL Investigator Matt Gephardt got the call to investigate when it happened to a Midvale man and he said his landlord refused to budge on the bill.
You get the referral and check your insurance portal to make sure the doctor is covered. When a man did all this double-checking before his visit and still the claim was denied, KSL Investigators stepped in to find out why.
New numbers showed that air travel demand is back with a bang. In fact, there are some places where Americans were booking at levels well above pre-pandemic numbers. Despite that increase, the KSL Investigators found that airfares were not going up.
Bitcoin. Dogecoin. Ether. Digital dollar options are expanding. Their volatile values are setting record highs and lows. As more companies accept digital currency, are people actually spending it?
Over the past year, some business owners have told the KSL Investigators they are concerned about what happens if their business becomes a COVID-19 hotspot. Their concern wasn't just health or even bad public relations. Some worried they could be sued and go broke.
Most people have them in their neighborhoods: those greenish, utility boxes for power lines. When a Draper woman got a $2,500 repair bill for the box on her driveway, she contacted the KSL Investigator Matt Gephardt for help.
While unemployment has eased since the pandemic started, many folks are still searching online for their next job. A Bountiful woman thought she found a perfect job for making some easy money, but it turns out she hired on with a criminal enterprise.
Road lines hard to see in the rain or after dark? The KSL Investigators explore the latest road technology and how state traffic engineers evaluate different products.
April is Financial Literacy Month and it came during an interesting time: for the first time in a long time, Americans have felt better about their finances.
Social media has become one of the most important ways in how the world communicates and how business gets done. That has prompted social media giants like Facebook to step up their security measures. Consequently, some people get locked out of their accounts.
If spam calls seem out of control to you, you are far from being alone. Utahns received over 35 million robocalls last month according to the YouMail Robocall Index – that’s a robocall every 13.1 seconds.
Car insurance discounts often have very little to do with your skill behind the wheel. Matt Gephardt explores the hidden discounts you should know about.
The tough economy of the past year turned many Americans into saving machines. Now that the pandemic seems to be easing its grip, more consumer are ready to spend, and that has financial experts concerned.
One Utah woman was paying the premiums on her life insurance policy, so why did the insurance company tell her family the policy was no good after she passed away?
If you have a teenager in your house, you probably know all too well how they are just itching to drive. While that is hard enough on your nerves, insuring a teen driver will certainly be hard on your wallet, but there are some things parents can do to keep the damage to their budget from being declared a total loss.
Joe Valdez died in 2019 after a long battle with a chronic lung condition. But it was his battle decades ago during the war in Vietnam that earned Joe's family a special benefit: the federal government would pay for his funeral.
Facebook said it fixed a technical glitch that allowed hackers to steal information on 533 million users a year and a half ago. The data leak came to light recently when someone posted personal data of those hundreds of millions of people on a widely used online forum for hackers. Users may have to deal with the fallout for some time to come.
