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Daily puzzle · 29 September 2026

Guess the state, 29 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.

  1. Clue 1

    Product classification — not a loan or other form of credit or debt; not money transmission

    State Earned Wage Access (EWA) Regulatory Frameworks

  2. Clue 2

    Coverage / scope — Full- and part-time employees.

    State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds

  3. Clue 3

    Governing body — Department of Homeland Security's Division of Fire and Building Safety

    US boiler and pressure vessel inspection requirements by state

  4. Clue 4

    Bond amount — a bond for the total price of the general contract

    State public works payment bond requirements (Little Miller Acts)

  5. Clue 5

    Witnesses required — at least two (2) witnesses

    Will execution requirements by state: witnesses, notarization, holographic…

The answer, and where these facts came from

It was Indiana. 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.

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