The Hawaii Department of Education serves up about 18.5 million meals per year to students. However, the DOE'S Food Services Branch is projecting a $20 million shortfall for fiscal year 2024. The DOE cites inflation for milk and food, insufficient federal meal reimburements and unchanged school meal prices.
Former President Donald Trump loves tariffs. He absolutely goes nuts for them and has made an even sharper turn back to protectionist policies a major part of his campaign. He also has no idea how tariffs work or what function they perform and doesn’t understand how his proposed policies would pile higher costs on American consumers already frustrated with rising inflation. That’s why it’s confounding that voters somehow trust Trump to bring down prices. Trump’s latest love letter to tariffs...
Items bought in shops are becoming more expensive at the slowest pace in more than two years, according to latest industry figures which show that some prices are actually falling. It means that goods, such as clothes and food, are becoming more costly but far less than before, according to the shop price index from the trade organisation for UK retailers, the British Retail Consortium (BRC), and retail behaviour researchers NielsenIQ. Why have some prices fallen? The shop price index for April...
“He doesn’t understand the Catholic faith.” That’s what a Catholic bishop recently said about President Biden, a rosary-carrying, self-professed “good Catholic” who has spent the bulk of his presidency advancing issues and causes that explicitly violate Vatican teachings.
In this article, we explain the benefits of fiber, along with the potential side effects of overconsumption, and how to have just the right amount.
The rising cost of childcare is causing concern for parents, with experts calling for more funding of childcare as a public good to benefit young children, their families, and the economy.
Traders and middlemen must give the proper responses to congressmen, once the House committee on trade and industry continues its inquiry on the soaring prices of basic goods despite plunging farmgate prices, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said last Monday.
WASHINGTON >> A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid.
Retail inflation has lessened, but businesses are still swamped by huge price increases in materials and servicesConsumer prices ticked up again in March, rising to anywhere from 3.2% to 3.8% year-over-year, depending on the rate you’re tracking. Of course, that’s way down from what it was back in 2022. But don’t tell that to any of my clients – or people running businesses in just about every industry across the country. For them, prices are not only rising but are significantly –...
President Joe Biden's mass migration is boosting inflation, chiefly by raising housing prices, according to the Economist, a U.K.-based pro-globalism magazine.
Are you a Peacock subscriber? You soon will have to pay more to watch NBCUniversal’s popular video streaming service, which is the streaming home to hit shows like “The Office” and “Yellowstone.” It was recently reported that Peacock will be raising the price for both its ad-supported and ad-free subscription tiers. And, unfortunately, it doesn’t […]
By Michael Hutchins Herald Democrat Since I was a kid, I’ve always been something of a geek. I’ve always had a thing for science fiction,… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close