Daily puzzle · 22 September 2026
Guess the state, 22 September 2026
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
Effective date — January 1, 2021
HFC refrigerant GWP regulations by US state
Clue 2
Presumption period — 90 days
Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state
Clue 3
General hazardous chemical threshold — 100 lbs or the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) whichever is less
EPCRA Tier II hazardous chemical inventory reporting thresholds by state
Clue 4
Indexing method — Indexed annual increases resumed Jan. 1, 2019. (2014 legislation)
US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type
Clue 5
Share of earnings that is exempt — 75 percent of the debtor’s weekly disposable earnings
Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state
The answer, and where these facts came from
It was Vermont. 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.
- Effective date: January 1, 2021nasrc.org · checked HFC refrigerant GWP regulations by US state
- Presumption period: 90 dayslegislature.vermont.gov · checked Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state
- General hazardous chemical threshold: 100 lbs or the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) whichever is lessvem.vermont.gov · checked EPCRA Tier II hazardous chemical inventory reporting thresholds by state
- Indexing method: Indexed annual increases resumed Jan. 1, 2019. (2014 legislation)ncsl.org · checked US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type
- Share of earnings that is exempt: 75 percent of the debtor’s weekly disposable earningslegislature.vermont.gov · checked Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state