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Paper Prohibition? The Legislature Considers a Bill That Would Make Many Businesses Offer Emailed Receipts

When Carol Dahmen discovered the CVS receipt draped across the counter of her Carmichael kitchen, she couldn’t resist pulling out her tape measure to document it. Her husband had purchased one single prescription. The receipt, she discovered, stretched on to contain 11 coupons before topping out at an astonishing 4 feet, 8 inches—the height of […]

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