Business

In the Washington county of San Juan, the transition to a 32-hour, or 4-day workweek, has generated a year’s worth of data that has county workers excited. The cash-strapped San Juan had projected that the union-negotiated salary rises would climb above the payroll budget for the year, and the reduction in…

A Wichita courtroom rang out with sobs and cheers when over two dozen people learned that their life savings had been recovered after being lost by a local bank. Over $8 million in children’s university funds, retirement accounts, funds for eldercare, and bequeathments to children and grandchildren were returned after the…

What we English speakers refer to as grief is actually a complex web of not only emotional, but also physical states. A newly established non-profit founded last fall is pursuing a mission to support individuals navigating grief and burnout through community support and somatic-based practices, instructing them how to grow through…

Dreamt of since the Roman Empire, the men and women, taxpayers and taxspenders of the Italian Peninsula are preparing for an engineering project unrivaled by any in the nation’s history. Set to begin in the waning days of 2024, a suspension bridge linking Sicily with the mainland across the Messina Strait…

American parents offer their kids lots of financial advice per year, according to a new poll—but they admit their guidance isn’t always implemented. Indeed, respondents said their child listens only about half the time. The survey of 5,000 parents over age 30, split evenly across all 50 states, asked about the…

The Federal Trade Commission this week announced a final ‘Click-to-Cancel’ rule that will require sellers to make cancelling their enrollment “at least as easy to use” as the sign-up process. “Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” said Commission Chair Lina M. Khan. “Nobody…