A new report released by Fidelity Investments estimates how much retired couples will need for health care costs during retirement. It shows...
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By many, though certainly not all, measures, the U.S. economy is relatively strong. The effects of the 2007-2009 recession are fading. Interest...
Read PostHeadlines often don’t tell the whole story, or necessarily reflect what matters most to people in your local communities. Journalists,...
Read PostIt was a good idea to file early this year, but there’s a good chance there are procrastinators in your community. Now’s a good time for...
Read PostChristopher Jones-Cruise Journalsese: clichés, misnomers, and redundant phrases, all making their way too often into news scripts. So are...
Read PostThis week, the Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate from 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent and indicated that additional increases are...
Read PostIt’s still pretty chilly in many parts of the country, but as March marches on, spring is in the air, if not in the weather, certainly in the...
Read PostPresident Trump this week ordered tariffs on steel and aluminum imports coming to the US from anywhere other than Canada and Mexico. The move...
Read PostThe Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection this week released its annual report of fraud over the past year, including...
Read PostBy Christopher Jones-Cruise “Hey! You! Hey you!” Pretty rude way to get someone’s attention isn’t it? But that’s...
Read PostIt’s almost a rite of passage for school-aged children to beg for a pet, start to demonstrate responsibility, promise to take care of it, and...
Read PostIt has been a costly flu season so far this year, with high numbers of flu-like symptoms, hospitalizations, and deaths. According to the CDC, the...
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