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Two policies backed by Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom could place serious strain on California’s already fiscally unhealthy public schools. California’s new minimum wage law, which took effect Monday, guarantees a wage of…

The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee will meet again later this month. The popular belief is that the Fed will not raise interest rates. But the latest economic data indicates a rate hike is…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said during testimony to the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday that, due to an unexpectedly strong economy in 2023 so far, the Fed may speed up interest rate hikes more than expected to combat…

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by 25 basis points, issuing an 0.25 percent hike in line with earlier expectations in a move that signals a rate slowdown in the Fed’s fight against inflation. The Fed said…

The Federal Reserve is likely to further slow its historically aggressive pace of interest rate hikes at its Wednesday meeting as inflation cools, but consumers will still feel the pinch of higher interest rates, according to…

The Biden administration will increase the costs for legal immigrants to apply for permits, visas and green cards to help mitigate the backlog of asylum cases due to record surges of illegal immigration at the southern border, U.S.…

The Federal Reserve announced a hike of 0.5 percentage points, or 50 basis points, to the baseline federal funds rate Wednesday, setting the new range at 4.25% to 4.5%. The move was widely expected by investors, and although it…

A study by US scientists, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal in 2019, found a link between certain types of pills that combine vitamin D and calcium with strokes. Researchers think the combination could cause…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A union representing around 4,500 educators in Columbus City Schools said Monday that there’s a better way to fund new school buildings than the latest multimillion-dollar plan from the local board of…

Health insurance premiums for millions of Americans will spike if Congress doesn’t act in the next few months, with particularly big increases in politically contested states, according to a report that the liberal advocacy group…