Jesse Jones shares stories of local medical debt
Medical debt is a subject near and dear to KIRO 7’s Jesse Jones – both to his heart and his wallet. Jesse is a cancer survivor with medical debt. He’s been on payment plans, has a job and insurance....
View ArticleJesse Jones exposes gas pump problems
When you start pumping gas, are you really getting what you pay for? One local driver Jesse Jones talked to said the gas he paid for never made it into his car, even though the meter was running....
View ArticleViewers, local celebrities help Jesse eliminate some medical debt in western WA
More people are coming forward looking to give to help families with medical debt. Earlier this month, KIRO spent $12,000 dollars and forgave more than a million dollars in medical debt. Since our...
View ArticleJesse Jones investigates restaurant outside city limits with soda tax surcharge
A King County McDonald’s was giving its customers a little more than extra fries. It seems the fast-food restaurant was charging customers for a soda tax surcharge when it shoudn’t have. The...
View ArticleJesse Jones’ Push for ‘Free Credit Freeze For All’ Heads to Governor’s Desk
Jesse Jones has been on his crusade for ‘Free Credit Freezes for All’ since last year. He wanted to make sure Washington consumers would not have to pay the ten dollar fee to freeze and unfreeze their...
View ArticleJesse Jones meets with local woman relieved of medical debt
A Des Moines woman’s life changed thanks to the generous donations of KIRO 7 viewers. Michelle Chinnick received a yellow envelope from RIP Medical Debt that said KIRO 7 had forgiven her medical debt....
View ArticleJesse Jones explains how you can get financial assistance with medical debt
Jesse Jones is committed to taking on the cause of medical debt. First, KIRO 7 spent $12,000 dollars to buy and forgive one million dollars of medical debt in Western Washington. Then, you chipped...
View ArticleJesse Jones’ Push for “Free Credit Freezes For All” Becomes Law
Jesse Jones has been on his crusade for ‘Free Credit Freezes for All’ since last year. He wanted to make sure Washington consumers would not have to pay the ten dollar fee to freeze and unfreeze...
View ArticleJesse Jones sifts through confusion surrounding Seattle’s Sugary Drink Tax
Seattle’s Sweetened Beverage Tax went into effect at the beginning of 2018, and consumers are noticing the extra cost. We know the addition of 1.75 cents per fluid ounce is hitting soda drinkers, but...
View ArticleKIRO 7 viewers help eliminate $5 mil. in medical debt
More people are coming forward looking to give to help families with medical debt, and have now helped KIRO 7 eliminate more than $5 million in medical debt for people in Western Washington. Last...
View ArticleHomeowners say contractor leaves work unfinished, Jesse Jones investigates
State regulators are calling a contractor a repeat violator of registration laws. Some of Richard Prevost’s customers say he’s damaged their homes. Prevost and his wife’s businesses have been...
View ArticleNorthwest Hospital sued over Charity Care screenings, settlement reached
Jesse Jones continues his mission to wipe out medical debt across Western Washington. Northwest Hospital, part of the University of Washington medical system, was sued for sending patients to...
View ArticleDollar Tree fined for safety violations
Dollar Tree stores are in the cross-hairs of state regulators. The company faces massive fines for safety violations in its stores, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. A state report...
View ArticleJesse Jones digs into homoglyph phishing scams
There’s a new phishing scheme reeling in unwitting consumers through homoglyphs. A homoglyph is one of two, or possibly more, characters that appear very similar but have different meanings....
View ArticleGeico fined $30k for raising premiums for WA customers with frozen credit
Geico is facing heat from Washington’s Insurance Commissioner for raising insurance rates for people who froze* their credit. This investigation began with a single complaint to Insurance Commissioner...
View ArticleTacoma couple left with unfinished home addition, contractor fined
A Tacoma family hoping to build their dream home is left with nothing more than a giant hole in their backyard. They gave their contractor more than 50-thousand dollars to do the work, and he didn’t...
View ArticleHome builder holds mineral rights from hundreds of Washington consumers
When you are buying property, it’s easy to think you own all of it. But for D.R. Horton, one of the nation’s biggest home builders, the company owns not just the land, but also the water and mineral...
View ArticleJesse Jones investigates contractor after neighborhood complaints
Some residents of a Puyallup neighborhood say a concrete contractor rolled into their neighborhood and did substandard work to several homes. The angry homeowners went to the state for help and was...
View ArticleJesse investigates case of stolen identity through mail scheme
When they didn’t get any mail for a week, a Seattle couple knew something wasn’t right. They had no idea how bad things were about to get. Kalin McKenna and her husband, Roy, said someone opened...
View ArticleJesse Jones follows the money on ignition interlock devices
There are nearly 20,000 people who have an ignition interlock device in Washington. The device can help keep drunk drivers off the road, but it doesn’t have the same effect on drugged drivers....
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