Sullivan's Smart Sense

Seven million unemployed people across the country are losing their pandemic unemployment benefits on this Labor Day.

While you can save big on some items this weekend, you may want to wait to save more on others.

With so many renters facing eviction now that the CDC eviction moratorium has been thrown out, new efforts are being made to keep renters in their homes.

Since the Public Utility Commission lifted the ban on shutting off residential utlities in June, there's been a surge in people losing power, and air conditioning, during these hot summer months.

Thousands of evacuees are in Houston seeking refuge from the devastation in New Orleans after Hurricane Ida. Many are scrambling to find shelter, food, and necessities.

Seeing the images of the devastation in New Orleans, you may want to donate to help. But scammers seize on disasters to squeeze you out of your money.

While Houston and Harris County don't have local eviction moratoriums, one rental assistance program can serve as one.

Delta Airlines has announced it will charge unvaccinated employees an additional $200 a month for health insurance coverage, and won't give them paid sick leave for contracting COVID-19.

Target Hunger is launching a mobile food pantry to help so many families still struggling with not having enough to eat.

Carnival Cruise Lines confirms a passenger on a cruise that left Galveston in late July has died from COVID-19, despite the cruise line's vaccination requirements. And as COVID cases surge, more people are cancelling or changing travel plans this fall.

Two local women have published a book to help businesses hire women they call "overcomers," who have overcome a life in sex trafficking, poverty, crime, or addiction.