Advertisement Advertisement Today at 4:05 a.m. | Updated December 16, 2024 at 9:46 a.m. by Michael R. Wickline The Arkansas Capitol in Little Rock on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Steve Goff) Arkansas officials estimate state executive branch agencies could realize about $300 million “in cost savings and avoidance” over the next six years under…
As 2024 draws to a close, Europe’s energy winter preparedness is a priority. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU and its member countries have taken many bold measures to decrease reliance on fossil fuels, accelerate the shift to clean energy and build a more resilient and diversified energy system, with a view…
Knowing where CD rates could head in 2025 could have a big impact on your financial planning for the new year. Getty Images There are many downsides to high interest rates, but one bright side is that elevated rates can make it easier to earn more money on your savings. For example, certificate of deposit (CD)…
What’s New President-elect Donald Trump has revived the decades-old debate over daylight saving time, calling it “inconvenient” and “very costly to our Nation” in a recent post on Truth Social. Trump announced that the Republican Party would aim to eliminate the practice of changing the time, which has been a topic of bipartisan contention for…
Arkansas state government can save $300 million over the next six years simply by streamlining and centralizing various internal functions — all while delivering better services to the public and paying state employees well. Such is the audacious claim of a progress report released Monday morning by Arkansas Forward, an initiative of Gov. Sarah Sanders…
Byrnes: First, we should consider that the federal government currently doesn’t have the bandwidth to sponsor such a complex endeavor. Should we create such a system, we’d likely be plagued with administrative problems for years, if not decades. Such a system will never happen just considering the complexities associated with such a huge and sweeping…
Remember when you could find high-yield savings accounts (HYSAs) that earned upwards of 5% APY? It seems those days are behind us, at least for now. Every time the Federal Reserve makes a rate cut — which it is likely to do at least once more before the end of the year — rates drop…
Our top picks from Best Buy’s Last-Minute Savings event The holiday season doesn’t really arrive until you find yourself panicking over finishing your gift shopping on time. Luckily, Best Buy kicked off a sale for exactly this situation, aptly named the Last-Minute Savings event. The sale started on Dec. 16 and runs through Dec. 24…
(InvestigateTV) — A 2024 Bankrate study found that not only do 77% of Americans have financial regrets, but 40% have made no progress on those regrets in the last 12 months. “What we found is the regrets about savings or maybe more accurately not saving, they outweigh the regrets about debt and spending by about…
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