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The Annual Sugarcane Burning in Florida Involves Stark Injustices
Sierra Club· 4 days agoBlack-gray smoke billowed into the sky and blocked the sun, forming a thick plume behind Florida’s Pahokee Middle-Senior High School. As student Madison Jones watched flames rise from a nearby ...
Higher rates for longer: What this means for markets
Investing.com· 5 days agoThe US Federal Reserve had hoped that 2024 would be a year for cutting interest rates. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed this on June 12, when he and...
Region's many fireworks stores hoping four-day Fourth of July weekend means boom in business
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 3 days agoNorthwest Indiana long has been a major hub of fireworks sales since neighboring Illinois restricts...
17 fun things to do in the Madison area this weekend
Wisconsin State Journal· 3 days agoEnjoy live jazz, see all of Shakespeare’s works in 97 minutes and eat burgers on Monona Bay: There are many great community events coming up this...
The Fed indicated rates will remain higher for longer. What does that mean for you?
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 4 days agoA sign highlighting the financing interest rate is displayed near the price sticker on an unsold 2023 vehicle at a Mercedes-Benz dealer on Nov. 30, 2023, in Loveland, Colo ...
Report: Kentucky is the most affordable state to own a home
LEX 18 Lexington· 6 days agoA new study that analyzed the hidden costs of owning a home in each state in America found that Kentucky is the most affordable in the nation. Bankrate reported that the national average is ...
Flight attendant salaries: What they make & how to get the job
TheStreet.com· 2 days agoFlight attendant careers are attractive because applicants don't need a formal education, and they get free standby travel perks — but how much do stewards and stewardesses get paid? How much ...
As Demand for Food Delivery Skyrockets So Do Complaints About Drivers
Insurance Journal· 6 days agoA soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers — and increasing alarm...
For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes
WOI-TV Des Moines· 6 days agoDevastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on...
Squeezed by inflation and limits on growth, more Wisconsin municipalities turning to referendums
Wisconsin State Journal· 2 days agoMadison is not alone in weighing whether to ask residents to pay higher property taxes to cover the...