USDA expects food prices to increase by 5 percent this year
With warm weather on the way, families may want to think about growing some of their own food. Prices are expected to rise by 5 percent this year. That would be the ... Read More »
Energy Secretary Granholm criticized for laughing at energy crisis
Although rising gasoline and heating oil prices are no laughing matter for most Americans, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently laughed when asked about them. Thomas Keene, a host on BloombergTV, asked the ... Read More »
What do supply and demand tell us about today’s housing market?
There’s a well-known economic theory – the law of supply and demand – that explains what’s happening with prices in the current real estate market. Put simply, when demand for an item ... Read More »
“People need to be outraged”: trafficking now rising across United States
Human trafficking continues to be a silent epidemic across the nation, said Kevin Malone, president and co-founder of the United States Institute Against Human Trafficking, whose organization runs the nation’s sole accredited ... Read More »
Special House session today will address rising crime rate in Missouri
The Missouri House will meet today in a special legislative session called by Gov. Mike Parson to address the state’s rising crime rate. Unlike the state Senate, the House has broken proposed ... Read More »
Cable prices going up in 2019
If you are not one of the tens of millions of Americans abandoning cable and satellite, you may be joining them soon. Cable and satellite prices are going up in 2019 in ... Read More »
The new KCI airport will cost more to finance
Kansas City’s new airport will cost a little more than expected On Thursday, the city council got an update on the project and the new price tag. But the increased isn’t building ... Read More »
