California is nothing if not a land of contrast. It is a state of astounding economic might, yet it carries the highest poverty rate in the nation. It has more residents on the Forbes 400 list of ...

That magic retirement number of $1.5 million only generates $69,000 annually, falling short of comfortable living costs in 22 ...

One of the quieter lessons the holiday season teaches is how to manage disappointment. But perhaps hope means daring to ...

Ted Stegner couldn't afford to pay two rents. More than three years after Hurricane Ian, he found himself living in his van, ...

When Bellingham’s minimum wage rose $1 above Washington’s in 2024, and then again by another dollar in May to $18.66 per hour, Bellingham Bar & Grill owner Mo Tsimouris said he had no choice but to ...

To help me get a baseline, I asked ChatGPT for the bare minimum that I should save for retirement -- and some general ...

People aim to live under their means, which is not the same as living within their means (I explain the differences).

The news hasn’t been promising on the jobs front this month. The unemployment rate climbed to 4.3%, which is nearly a four-year high. For the week ending Sept. 6, initial jobless claims rose to ...

Congress is committing to only a fraction of the funding necessary for the Navy’s F/A-XX program in the latest version of the defense policy bill, while fully backing the development of the Air ...

The next Pensacola mayor could get a $34,000 pay raise in 2026. Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare is proposing an ordinance that would set the mayor’s salary to use the same formula the state ...

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg addressed the press on Oct. 5 after she was kidnapped and allegedly tortured by Israeli forces. As she spoke, a supporter yelled out, “heroes,” to which she quickly ...

DEAR ERIC: I’m a 46-year-old man who is on my third career. In my past careers, I have worked myself up from the bottom to middle management roles taking on more responsibilities than I could handle ...