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Michigan governor's budget promises free education and lower family costs, but GOP says it's unfair 02/07/2024 05:18pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday presented a $80.7 billion budget Wednesday that aims to boost education spending and deliver on her promise to provide students free education from preschool through community college. The second-term Democratic governor unveiled h Georgia legislators want filmmakers to do more than show a peach to earn state tax credits 02/07/2024 04:53pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Top Georgia lawmakers say moviemakers should be required to do more than just show a peach at the end of the credits to get the top benefit from Georgia's lucrative film tax credit. Thanks in large part to tax breaks, productions including ���The Hunger Games,��� the Marvel movies, You can���t cut school funding in Md. But is Prince George's Co. looking for a workaround or proper credit? 02/07/2024 03:41pm • Prince George's County wants credit from Maryland for some tax revenues its school system already gets. But Prince George's County schools said that���s tantamount to a budget cut worth tens of millions of dollars ��� even as one lawmaker notes it���s still getting a substantial increase in fundi Maryland's Gov. Moore says state has been 'leaving too much potential on the table' in speech 02/07/2024 03:18pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Gov. Wes Moore said during his second State of the State speech Wednesday that Maryland has boundless opportunities but is ���leaving too much potential on the table��� as he charts a course forward through challenging times that includes a long-term plan for governing. Th CBO projects a $188 billion decrease in this year's federal budget deficit, but debt would then grow 02/07/2024 03:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that it expects the federal budget deficit to drop by $188 billion this fiscal year to $1.5 trillion, a short-lived dip as the annual shortfall is likely to rise over the next nine years. Two major factors are behind the decline in t Virginia Democrats are sending gun-control bills to a skeptical Gov. Youngkin 02/07/2024 02:00pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Dozens of pieces of gun-related legislation that advocates say will bolster public safety are winding their way through Virginia's Democratic-controlled General Assembly, including a measure that would halt the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms. The question hanging o Man United defender Harry Maguire's appeals trial in Greece postponed until 2025 due to strike 02/07/2024 07:45am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� The appeals trial of Manchester United defender Harry Maguire over a nightclub brawl on the Greek island of Mykonos has been postponed for a year because of a lawyers��� strike, court officials told The Associated Press. The 30-year-old England international is appealing a 21 India's clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up 02/07/2024 04:55am • BENGALURU, India (AP) ��� For years, renewable projects in India have been growing steadily, from small-town rooftop solar installations to large-scale projects across the desert and long stretches of wind turbines and solar panels on farmland all contributing to the country's climate goal of transi A record number of Americans can't afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help 02/07/2024 12:21am • DENVER (AP) ��� Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver ��� from $750 to $3,374 last year. Every month, like millions of Americans, Colbert juggled her costs. Pay rent or swim team fees for one of her It's a mismatch on the economy. Even as inflation wanes, voters still worry about getting by 02/07/2024 12:08am • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) ��� Bartender Catey Regis had a pricey misadventure buying a used car recently ��� an experience that speaks to why voters are worrying about the U.S. economy going into this year's presidential election. Over three years at Founders Brewing, the 25-year-old saved enough mon IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding 02/06/2024 10:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The IRS is poised to take in hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than previously anticipated, according to new analysis released Tuesday by the Treasury Department and the IRS. Tax revenues are expected to rise by as much as $561 billion from 2024 to Las Vegas teachers' group sues to stop tax money from funding A's stadium plan 02/06/2024 08:10pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A Nevada teachers' group has sued to block the state from spending taxpayer money to build a baseball stadium on the Las Vegas Strip for the relocated Oakland Athletics. Strong Public Schools Nevada, a political action committee backed by the Nevada State Education Association, fi How Much a 401(k) Early Withdrawal Costs 02/06/2024 07:00pm • Taking funds out of a 401(k) before age 59 1/2 will often trigger taxes and fees. The costs related to an early 401(k) withdrawal can be both short- and long-term, but there are ways to minimize them. Before you take an early 401(k) withdrawal, consider: -- The 10% early withdrawal penalty.-- The $1 4 Benefits of Filing Taxes Early 02/06/2024 07:00pm • For millions of Americans, there is no getting around the need to file an annual tax return. In most cases the earlier you get it done, the better off you'll be. "The IRS encourages people to file early so you get your refund earlier," says Joanna Powell, a CPA and managing director in the Boston of VA Construction Loans: Everything You Need to Know 02/06/2024 07:00pm • If you're a veteran or current service member looking to buy a house, you've probably heard about home loans through the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, you may be unfamiliar with the VA construction loan. Here's what you need to know to help you decide if it's the ideal way to finance your