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12/31/2025

And the postmark is ...

Due to operational changes at the Postal Service, the agency says there will be more delays between when you mail something and when it gets postmarked.

11/19/2025

HSA? FSA?

Funding a flexible spending account or health savings account during open enrollment helps you save on healthcare expenses throughout the year.

07/21/2025

If you have outstanding student loans for undergraduate and/or graduate studies, your repayment terms may be changing -- significantly, and soon.

Many student loan borrowers could see their monthly bills more than double now that the Biden-era SAVE plan is defunct.

10/22/2024

Warning.

Washington sends a signal with ​the collapse of Oklahoma’s First National Bank of Lindsay​, as uninsured depositors ​face potential losses​.

11/29/2023

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03/15/2023

Clearly, poor asset management at Silicon Valley Bank is the first culprit in the bank's failure. But federal regulators and the Federal Reserve share blame through short-sided regulations. An excellent commentary:

Any asset can blow up a bank if monetary policy is bad enough.

02/23/2023

Can the President and Congress "Save Social Security"? Sweden did, 30 years ago. Can the US learn something from this?

Centrist parties of the left and right came together 30 years ago to save pensions from insolvency.

02/16/2023

As if the income-based student loan repayment programs aren't confusing enough already -- here's another one. Best wishes.

The Biden administration is moving to create a new way for borrowers to repay their federal student loans. Some bills could be cut in half.

12/27/2022

The federal government's plan to build a charging network along interstate highways appears to be a short trip, and well into the future when even Illinois admits the plan won't work today.

Toyota’s CEO delivers a timely warning, and many states echo it.

12/23/2022

You can catch a glimpse of Dwight IL in this video -- but the substance of the video is that EVs (especially those from Ford and Rivian) have a ways to go before they are commonly seen on the road -- unless the EV is a Tesla, which owns 68% of EVs sold today.

Rivian is under pressure to prove it can build its electric trucks at scale without having ramped up production before, as competition heats up from legacy auto

12/09/2022

If you find the federal student loan forgiveness program confusing -- just wait because the federal government just said "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you."

The Biden administration's fix to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has benefited hundreds of thousands of borrowers. More relief is on the way.

09/01/2022

Lithium mining expansion in the US has foes -- but the Biden Administration promotes expansive mining and refining in its recent Build Back Better (IRA) plan. Immovable object vs irresistible force battle looming?

Piedmont said the new facility in will be the largest lithium refining operation in the U.S., providing enough materials for 500,000 electric vehicles.