A focus on FDIC insurance and Treasury-only money market or bond fund options can help safeguard investments when a banking crisis threatens.
ViewThis is Chicago, but it could be any city in America. It's a place still grappling with pandemic spikes in crime, and its people are still searching for an answer on how to make public spaces safe for everyone.With an election on April 3, Chicago is also a city in the midst of a contentious battle for mayor between two candidates who have two very different visions for public safety, opposing viewpoints we've heard echoed across the country: Strengthen police departments or invest the money...
Georgia’s DeKalb County could keep its $2 million in private grant money to help run elections, under a bill nearing final passage. But the next Georgia local government official who accepts an outside election grant might end up a convicted felon.
Research suggests that people find it hard to see how climate change is threatening the quality of their water.
The Obidient movement does not represent the Igbo. Let me make that very clear. It is peopled by a melange of persons who pursue the illusory ambition of one man. They are powered by the ambition of one man, and not the interest of any ethnic group. It is important Nigerians situate the present confusion within this context. The Obidient movement does not represent any ethnic group.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that could return over $1 billion annually to individuals, corporations and retirees. The Missouri legislation is the latest in a series of […]
How The Fed's 2008 Mortgage Experiment Fueled Today's Housing Crisis Authored by Alex Pollock abd Paul Kupiec via The Mises Institute, How should Congress assess the Federal Reserve’s track record as an investor in residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS)? Regardless of Fed spin, it merits a failing grade. The Fed’s COVID-era intervention in the mortgage markets fueled the second real estate bubble of the 21st century. The bubble ended when the Fed stopped purchasing MBS and...
Sri Lanka’s government has announced significant cuts in fuel prices, providing welcome relief for many after a year of shortages and skyrocketing prices amid the country’s worst economic crisis
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government has announced significant cuts in fuel prices, providing welcome relief for many after a year of shortages and skyrocketing prices amid the country’s worst economic crisis. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara told reporters different categories of petrol and diesel will
Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.
Violence has marred polling in several states including the commercial city of Lagos.
The number of eNaira wallets has jumped more than 12-fold to 13 million since October and the value of transactions has climbed 63% this year.