June 11, 2021 50+ Lifestyles, Finances, National, News
U.S. inflation is now at its highest level since the Great Recession of 2008. The Labor Department released additional data on Thursday showing that prices for May rose 5 percent from a year ...
Read More » June 3, 2021 Finances, National, News
History will not remember President Biden for his frugality but it may for his budget. The president has already signed into law a massive multi-trillion-dollar “COVID” stimulus spending package and proposed trillions ...
Read More » May 31, 2021 Finances, National, News
Skyrocketing inflation is hitting restaurant owners hard with both chains and local establishments raising menu prices. Restaurant managers are seeing price increases of up to 300% on some items used in the ...
Read More » May 23, 2021 National, News, Politics & Policy
A federal judge has prevented the Biden administration from handing out stimulus restaurant grants based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. The funds were part of a multi-billion dollar COVID-19 restaurant relief ...
Read More » May 12, 2021 Missouri News, News
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday announced that the state will end participation in all federal pandemic-related unemployment insurance “bonus” programs on June 12. “From conversations with business owners across the state, ...
Read More » May 11, 2021 Finances, National, News
Ongoing federal unemployment benefits are discouraging many workers from returning to work. Several Republican governors are ending these benefits early to help businesses struggling to find help. A recent analysis by University ...
Read More » March 18, 2021 Finances, National, News, Politics & Policy
Attorneys general from 21 states are challenging the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill as an “unprecedented and unconstitutional infringement” on state sovereignty. Deep in the bowels of the 5,500-page bill is language that ...
Read More » March 6, 2021 National, News, Politics & Policy, Respect Life
Democrats have been forced to remove funding for Planned Parenthood they had inserted into the Covid Stimulus Bill. The funding had been inserted as just a part of the 90 percent of ...
Read More » December 21, 2020 Finances, National, News, Politics & Policy
A new stimulus package is scheduled to have a vote in Congress Monday morning even as almost no legislators have read it. The House of Representatives is scheduled to meet after 9 ...
Read More » October 14, 2020 National, News, Politics & Policy
The U.S. economy is recovering faster than anyone thought. That assessment is not from the Trump administration but from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF has issued a “significant upgrade” to ...
Read More » August 17, 2020 National, News, Politics & Policy
As Democrats and news outlets push the conspiracy theory that the US Post Office is tampering with the election, the White House is hitting back with a little history. White House chief ...
Read More » August 8, 2020 National, News, Politics & Policy
President Trump said on Friday he could sign executive orders within a week that would extend unemployment benefits that expired on July 31, and that he will also sign an executive order ...
Read More » July 26, 2020 National, News, Politics & Policy
Stimulus checks will once again be distributed to most Americans in August, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters on Saturday. The Treasury announced they will again be $1,200. The new payments will ...
Read More » July 21, 2020 Finances, National, News
Discussions on the next stimulus relief effort will bring Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Mnuchin said the next round of ...
Read More » May 23, 2020 Church & Ministry, National, News
As churches struggle to reopen, they must consider not only the threat of the coronavirus but also that of potential lawsuits if someone becomes infected. Several prominent faith leaders, including Franklin Graham ...
Read More » May 18, 2020 Missouri News, News, Politics & Policy
The Missouri Legislature has adjourned after wrapping up business during the coronavirus outbreak. Legislators passed several key bills, and await the signature of Gov. Mike Parson. They include a measure to let ...
Read More » May 12, 2020 Finances, Missouri News, News
Missouri residents who received a stimulus check from the federal government because of COVID-19 will not have to pay state income tax under a bill passed by the state senate. The payments ...
Read More » April 26, 2020 Finances
The RMD Holiday – We said last month that retirees are one of the highest and most unfairly taxed groups out there and stressed the importance of tax reduction planning when it ...
Read More » April 21, 2020 News, Politics & Policy, Strange News
Unpopular Democrat Congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar has been joined by three other Democrats, commonly referred to as “The Squad,” in calling for American taxpayers to pay out stimulus funds to illegal immigrants. ...
Read More » April 2, 2020 Church & Ministry, Finances, National, News
Americans will soon be getting relief from the U.S. government as part the COVID-19 Pandemic Phase III Stimulus Package signed into law on March 27 by President Trump. There are also additional ...
Read More » April 1, 2020 Finances, Missouri News, National, News
The massive stimulus package passed by Congress last week will help small businesses keep employees on the payroll, according to Rep. Sam Graves. “And as long as they continue to keep them ...
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