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Egg prices are the highest they’ve been in 45 years, with no relief in sight. Here’s a look back at how costs have changed since 1980.

Gen Z is about to become the richest generation alive, according to new research by the Bank of America Institute.

Cities and towns say they’re underfunded by $400 million a year because of the way the state funds education. Does that mean lawmakers are gearing up for a fight over the state’s spending rules?

Rising healthcare costs are creating problems for the state’s budget, even pushing Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget proposal over the spending cap. The discovery that Lamont’s two-year, $55.2 billion proposal would need more than $100 million in additional funding each year for health insurance comes as lawmakers are working on their own plan. This puts Lamont’s budget proposal over the...

People who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits, to put food on the table are looking for help. Thieves have been stealing those benefits, and the federal funding to reimburse stolen benefits has dried up. SNAP benefits being stolen through skimming or other means has been a problem for the past few years. Grace Perry, a...

President Donald Trump’s pledge to stop printing pennies is already being felt in one niche world that depends on souvenir coins.

A Republican congressman wants to create a new $250 U.S. dollar bill featuring Donald Trump’s face, but the proposal faces an immediate roadblock.

“Doom spending,” or spending money despite economic and geopolitical worries, is an increasingly common way to cope with stress.

Fort Knox is the site of the U.S. Treasury’s Bullion Depository for American gold reserves in Kentucky.

The final inflation report covering the Biden administration shows President Donald Trump inherited an unfavorable inflation situation. Still, some economic policymakers say that, overall, the U.S. economy remains in solid shape. 

Senator Heather Somers (R-Groton) is talking about Governor Ned Lamont’s $55.2 billion budget proposal.

Sen. Heather Somers (R-Groton) talks about Governor Lamont’s $55.2 billion budget proposal. Somers calls it a “maintenance budget” and explains why Republicans oppose the pre-K endowment and removing the cap on corporate taxes.

With egg shortages impacting supply to stores across the country, and sending prices skyrocketing, one store is setting limits on just how many cartons customers are allowed to buy.

If virtually every indication so far is accurate, the new leader of the free world is unlikely to get what he wants, at least not yet.

The payment stems from a 2020 change by Vanguard that led to redemptions in one class of target date funds.

Even before the teams are determined, fans are paying top dollar to be at the Superdome on Super Bowl Sunday.

Avian flu has caused an egg shortage, driving prices to over $9 a dozen in some stores.

Some Verizon customers were hoping to get as much as $100 as part of a 2024 $100 million class-action settlement. But many payments were nowhere near that total.

Vice President Kamala Harris said in a statement announcing the rule that it would be “lifechanging” for millions of families.

Some people in our state will be getting a pay raise in the new year. That’s because the minimum wage is going up to $16.35 an hour, one of the highest in the nation.