(The Center Square) – A longtime small business advocate has launched a new website to help store owners explain credit card surcharges to their customers.
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(The Center Square) — More than half of U.S. households say they’re struggling with debt, according to a new WalletHub survey.
(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania residents face the nation's steepest college affordability crisis, according to a WalletHub report that looked at states that spend the most and least on education.
(The Center Square) – Washington state voters are passing Senate Joint Resolution 8201, a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the state to invest funds for the WA Cares long-term care program in a wider range of assets, like the stock market, according to preliminary election results Tuesday night.
Washington businesses would need to shoulder roughly $700 million in additional taxes in a few years unless the projected finances of the state’s unemployment insurance fund improve.
A group of retired government employees in Idaho are calling for the state to restore inflation-adjusted cost of living adjustments through the state’s pension program. The newly formed nonprofit, called the Retired Public Employees of Idaho, says it’s hoping to strengthen the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho, which is commonly called PERSI. In a […]
(The Center Square) – Proponent Heather Weiner and opponent Bob Hasegawa, a state senator representing the 11th Legislative District in King County, recently debated Senate Joint Resolution 8201, a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the WA Cares Fund to be invested in a broader range of assets, including stocks.
(The Center Square) – The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-point on Wednesday for the second time this year, not nearly as much as President Donald Trump wants the central bank to reduce rates.
(The Center Square) – State and local government debt surpassed $6.1 trillion in 2023, according to an analysis by Reason Foundation.
(The Center Square) – Washington's total state and local debt is $143 billion at the end of 2023, the most recent year for which complete data is available, the 10th highest in the nation. That’s according to a new report from the libertarian Reason Foundation think tank.