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California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta accused real estate agent Iman Shaghyan this week of increasing the price of a Beverly Hills rental by more than 30% in the days after the Jan. 7 fires. It’s the ...
Democrats are pushing a bill prohibiting price gouging at the federal level and giving the Federal Trade Commission another ...
Attorney General William Tong outside the Capitol with Sen. James Maroney and Rep. Michael D'Agostino, the co-chairs of a committee that held a hearing in 2021 on a price-gouging bill sought by Tong.
A new executive order signed by President Trump Monday aims to hit all the right notes with concertgoers by addressing the price-gouging of tickets for live events. It orders the Federal Trade ...
What’s called price gouging in this bill is actually just a market adjustment.” The measure, which passed 38-24, now heads to a Senate committee where it must gain approval before going to a full ...
There’s no evidence of price gouging by oil companies or retailers, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s and the Legislature’s attempt to blame greed for prices that are almost $2 a gallon more than ...
A new study concluded that policies play a significant factor in higher gas prices in the state, whereas the governor’s office and others argue that price gouging is still a critical factor.
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A bill that would empower the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to go after price gouging in grocery stores passed the House on Monday in a party-line vote, with Democrats in favor and Republicans ...