Maryland Attorney General’s Office offers tips on avoiding door-to-door sales scams

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Attorney General’s Office is offering tips to help residents avoid common door-to-door sales scams. Door-to-door scams have been around for years. Scammers may disguise themselves as legitimate salespeople, but they have one goal – to trick consumers. They want to pressure people into providing personal information or purchasing goods or services that they do not want or […]

Maryland town named 2024’s worst city for singles, WalletHub report

BALTIMORE, MD—Finding love can be difficult and expensive, but living in the right place can make things easier due to a high population of singles, lots of activities, low dating costs and more. For example, Seattle is the best city for singles in the country, according to a new report by the personal-finance website WalletHub, which analyzed 35 key indicators […]

Maryland ranked among top 10 states with largest debt increase in Q3 2023

BALTIMORE, MD—With the overall consumer debt exceeding $17.3 trillion in Q3 2023, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its rankings of the States with the Largest & Smallest Debt Increases. Maryland came in at No. 6 on the list.  Hawaii topped the list with California coming in at No. 2. To determine the states with the largest and smallest […]

Baltimore ranked among worst cities in U.S. for veterans, WalletHub study

BALTIMORE, MD—With Veterans Day approaching and the veteran unemployment rate at 3.6%, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst Places for Veterans to Live. The report compares the 100 largest U.S. cities across 19 key metrics, ranging from the share of military skill-related jobs to housing affordability and the availability of VA health […]