Daily puzzle · 2 September 2026
Guess the state
Five facts about the same US state or the District of Columbia, every one of them read off a public record and checked back against the page it came from. They get more specific as you go.
Clue 1
Initial supply days — seven-day supply
State Opioid Initial Prescribing Limits
Clue 2
Effective date — 2026-01-01
US state paid family and medical leave (PFML) program requirements for…
Clue 3
Day type — business days
How long an insurer has to acknowledge, decide and pay a claim, by state:…
Clue 4
Payment bond threshold — Projects under $100,000
State public works payment bond requirements (Little Miller Acts)
Clue 5
Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take — 25 percent of the debtor's disposable earnings
Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state
The answer, and where these facts came from
It was Minnesota. Each clue is a value one of these records publishes — open any of them for the source page and the sentence on it that says so.
- Initial supply days: seven-day supplyrevisor.mn.gov · checked State Opioid Initial Prescribing Limits
- Effective date: 2026-01-01ncsl.org · checked US state paid family and medical leave (PFML) program requirements for…
- Day type: business daysrevisor.mn.gov · checked How long an insurer has to acknowledge, decide and pay a claim, by state:…
- Payment bond threshold: Projects under $100,000fullertonlaw.com · checked State public works payment bond requirements (Little Miller Acts)
- Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take: 25 percent of the debtor's disposable earningsrevisor.mn.gov · checked Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state
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