As part of an agreement with the state AG, Climate Pledge Arena must refund customers the undisclosed 3% fee and pay them each an additional $10 in penalties.
Dan Anderson writes "This merger presents a golden opportunity to inject much-needed competition into the credit card processing industry—a move that promises significant benefits for small businesses and consumers alike."
A fee tacked onto the delivery of many retail and online purchases could generate millions of dollars a year for maintaining city and county roads in Washington.
The new law will require all three of the state’s public universities to give every student the opportunity to choose which clubs or organizations they don’t want their fees to support.
The proposed increases will help the agency catch up with inflation over the last few years. Prices for camping were last updated in 2020 and for mooring in 2015.
Missoula County was set to begin collecting impact fees on new development earlier this year, but said it needs more time to address how the fees are calculated and administered.
The proposed regulation is in line with a larger effort that the Biden administration has championed the past few years to crack down on “junk fees,” which are tacked onto everything from ticket prices to hotel bills.
A judge in Helena last week struck down a newly passed cumulative fee on marijuana dispensaries in Montana that a group of dispensaries sued over last year.