Believe it or not, as of this year you can actually do something about airport security headaches. If youâre willing to put up a small amount of cash, a pair of programs designed to speed you through the checkpoint are now availableâand they work.
Click on a state to get more information about selling periods and fines, if applicable. In Ohio, for example, you can buy fireworksâlegislators want to keep the business in state, after allâbut you can't set them off. And in Nebraska, fireworks can shoot up into the air, but they can't have an explosive charge.
Although many cities and towns -- and their corporate sponsors -- keep the cost of annual fireworks displays a tightly guarded secret, the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) reports that last year's revenue for display fireworks was $332 million; consumer fireworks revenue was even higher at a whopping $695 million.