As Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc across southeastern US states, complaints of price gouging have surged. Price gouging is when businesses hike prices on goods or services to excessive levels ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta criticized businesses and landlords for price gouging amid the wildfires that have killed at least 11 people across Los Angeles. As more than 150,000 people ...

California defines price gouging as when sellers try “to take unfair advantage of consumers during an emergency or disaster by greatly increasing prices for essential consumer goods and services.” ...

Attorneys general in Florida and North Carolina say they've received hundreds of complaints of price gouging the days before and after Hurricane Helene and Milton. The storms left water ...

This is called price gouging, and in Florida, state law prohibits this when a state of emergency has been declared. Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for 41 counties on Monday ahead of ...

The state of California maintains a list of areas designated as disasters and where price gouging is illegal under the statute Penal Code 396. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has received more than 200 complaints about price gouging as many thousands of residents prepared to evacuate from Hurricane Milton.

Aug 16 (Reuters) - As Vice President Kamala Harris focuses on price gouging in her presidential campaign, state laws and laws proposed by her colleagues in the Senate show potential paths for a ...

Central to Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic agenda is a proposal to combat “price gouging” on food products, an initiative aimed at tackling voters’ top priority in inflation ...

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is vowing to enact the first federal law against price gouging by food suppliers and grocery stores as part of her wide-ranging economic plan to bring ...

Vice President Harris' economic agenda includes a recently announced push to enact controls for alleged "price gouging" by food and grocery companies and prevent them from reaping "excessive profits." ...

ATLANTA, July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pledged to battle price gouging, bring down costs and ban hidden bank fees if she wins a Nov. 5 general election in which she is the ...