Money
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Who Is the Highest-Paid Public Employee in Your State?
See why the highest-paid public employees in most states are college coaches, with football and basketball salaries leading the way.
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How to Know When to Move Into a Retirement Community
Maybe you’ve avoided financial pitfalls and are enjoying retirement stress-free or you’ve simply become an empty nester, but you may wonder if it’s time to relocate to a retirement community. For most people, it’s not an easy decision. We spoke…
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Why Some People Will Never Shop at Walmart
Walmart often has the best deals when it comes to price. Yet some people refuse to shop at the chain retailer, choosing Target even when prices are higher. While Walmart is the country’s biggest employer with 1.5 million employees in…
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14 Industries That Have Been Hit Hardest by the Pandemic
From massive layoffs and billions in lost revenue to bankruptcies and complete closures, the COVID-19 pandemic has left few industries unscathed, and the damage appears far from over. The number of infections nationwide is beginning to spike again and prompting…
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Jobs That Could Grow During the Pandemic and Recession
No one really knows the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic will affect the nation’s economy or when the recession that it triggered will end. Steven Mnuchin, the U.S. treasury secretary, says it could be over by year’s end. Others,…
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How Much Does Your State Spend on Law Enforcement?
With the nation experiencing weeks of protests and unrest since the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, police departments across the country are in the spotlight like never before. There have even been calls from coast…
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The Best and Worst States for Middle-Class Taxpayers
Few people like paying taxes, but some have more reason to gripe about their tax burden than others. A study from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy…
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26 Ways Social Media Can Land or Lose You a Job
The days of looking in the classified section of a newspaper and circling job listings are long gone. Companies now use all the tools of the digital age to find…
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Are You Required to Put Yourself in Harm’s Way? Know Your Rights When Returning to Work
An increasing number of businesses across the country are emerging from lockdown and resuming operations. Yet COVID-19 continues to spread and the death toll keeps ticking upward, approaching 100,000. Public…
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How to Make Your Own Cold Brew Coffee and Save
As summertime approaches and the heat ramps up, few things taste quite as refreshing as cold-brew coffee. But it can be an expensive treat compared with iced coffee, which is…
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The Most Common Complaint About Pizza Delivery
Who doesn’t love a pizza delivered piping hot to our front steps? Apparently not everyone, according to the publication Pizza Today, which revealed the issues customers found most annoying in…
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22 Ways to Show Support for Someone Who Has Lost a Job
The current health crisis and related financial turmoil are resulting in sudden and head-spinning changes to daily life. Apart from the immediate health and safety concerns, the economic upheaval has…
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20 Companies That Are Hiring Right Now
While the economy has slowed dramatically across the country, that doesn’t mean your job search has to come to a halt. Many of the industries and sectors that are in…
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These Are the Least Expensive Cars to Own
The cheapest cars to own can sometimes cost you more in the long run from frequent repairs, bad gas mileage, rapid depreciation, and low resale values. Other times, some of…
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How Much People Spend on Tattoos and Other Amazing Facts About Ink in America
Humans have been tattooing their bodies for thousands of years — the 5,300-year-old corpse of a man found in the Alps near the Italian-Austrian border was covered in them. It’s…
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23 Signs You Belong in the City
Any big city can be a daunting place. Cities are big, loud, and filled with a lot of people in a little space. While they can be a great option…
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Where Your Federal Income Tax Money Really Goes
The federal budget for the 2020 fiscal year (that us, Oct. 1, 2019, to Sept. 30, 2020) is about $4.6 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office — which requires…
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14 Tax Deductions That Parents and Grandparents Shouldn’t Overlook
It’s that time of year that a lot of people dread: tax season. Taxes can be very confusing when it comes to knowing what you can and can’t claim, deduct…
