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How to Navigate the 2024 Spring Homebuying Season 04/01/2024 08:00pm • Housing demand is reaching its seasonal peak amid some promising signs for the spring homebuying market. According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales were up 9.5% month over month in February and prices were up 5.7% year over year, marking a strong start to the 2024 housing What You Should Know About Moving to Florida in 2024 03/31/2024 08:00pm • At the southeastern tip of the continental U.S., Florida draws people with its warm weather, sandy beaches and world-renowned tourist attractions. But visiting Florida on vacation and becoming a local are two different experiences. Here's what you need to know about moving to Florida and what to exp US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years 03/28/2024 03:35pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage. The revi South Carolina to hold 2024 congressional elections with map previously ruled unconstitutional 03/28/2024 02:23pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year's congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision Fixed Index Annuity: Why It's Gaining Popularity Now 03/26/2024 08:00pm • Every day, 12,000 baby boomers in the United States reach the age of 65, according to the Census Bureau. By 2030, all baby boomers will be 65 or older. One consequence of this demographic trend is that the investment objective of baby boomers has shifted from a desire for growth to a need for protec 5 essential inventions by DC-based creators, from bloodmobiles to drinking straws 03/26/2024 08:38am • A wide variety of everyday, essential devices and practices still used today have roots in the nation's capital. Innovations such as the first message sent by telegraph, the first-ever instance of long-distance wireless communication of sound, the first clock made in America and even the football hu The Top Real Estate Companies in Florida 03/20/2024 08:00pm • For decades, Florida has drawn retirees attracted to its absent income tax. More recently, it has become a hot spot for remote workers seeking affordable housing, at least compared to the Northeast and West. The trade association Florida Realtors says rising inventory, albeit still well below demand Congressman Mike Bost survives competitive GOP primary challenge to win nomination for sixth term 03/20/2024 11:51am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Rep Mike Bost has won the Republican nomination in southern Illinois after a hard-fought primary battle with former state Sen. Darren Bailey. Bailey, the 2022 GOP nominee for Illinois governor, challenged the five-term incumbent, claiming he was not conservative enoug Incumbents win big in Illinois primary with Chicago-area Democrats emerging from competitive races 03/20/2024 01:32am • CHICAGO (AP) — Incumbents in competitive U.S. House races around Chicago cruised to victory in Tuesday's primary, while a downstate Republican challenger conceded in a race that focused on an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Turnout was low, notably in Chicago, where roughly 20% of regist US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes 03/19/2024 10:25am • Six years ago, Illinois farmer John Ackerman didn't hire any contract workers at all. Now he typically hires about 22 every year through a local coordinator that helps farmers hire crews of agriculturally skilled, often Latino workers. Those teams hand-weed the soybeans Ackerman grows alongside the 4 things to know from Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon 03/19/2024 07:25am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk’s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon’s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk canceled the show shortly af Youngkin administration considers bill to expand local authority to lower speed limits 03/18/2024 12:39pm • The Virginia General Assembly passed a measure three years ago allowing local governments to decrease roadway speed limits in their localities to as low as 15 mph. But recently, lawmakers found that the Virginia Department of Transportation denied seven of eight speed limit decrease requests, beca Sculpture park aims to look honestly at slavery, honoring those who endured it 03/18/2024 11:03am • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Visitors to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park wind a serpentine path past art pieces depicting the lives of enslaved people in America and historic exhibits, including two cabins where the enslaved lived, before arriving at a towering monument. Stretching nearly four stor Hosting Ireland's prime minister, Biden celebrates his Irish roots (as he likes to do) 03/15/2024 03:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With St. Patrick's Day this weekend, President Joe Biden got to dwell Friday on one of his favorite subjects: Ireland. Biden played host to Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the White House and then the two attended a luncheon at the U.S. Capitol as the two countries celebrate Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices 03/15/2024 11:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can't fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that's a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year's presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance on her pay covered her