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7 of the Best Tax-Free Municipal Bond Funds 06/28/2023 08:00pm • Sometimes, the best way to earn better investment returns is by keeping expenses under control. Usually, this means keeping fees low, whether in terms of minimizing fund expense ratios or eliminating sales loads. By reducing these as much as possible, investors can maximize long-term net returns, wh 8 New Taxes Retirees Face 06/28/2023 08:00pm • After you're done working, you can expect to pay retirement taxes when you reach certain ages and milestones. These can occur as you withdraw from your retirement accounts like the traditional 401(k) or individual retirement account. There could also be some tax breaks available in this stage. You'l 25 Ways to Enjoy Retirement on a Reduced Income 06/28/2023 08:00pm • If you enjoyed a high salary during your working years, retirement might mean a financial adjustment. When living on a fixed income, it may seem difficult to stretch the dollars you have. You'll have choices to make regarding your lifestyle and spending patterns. But opting for a frugal retirement c Utah woman accused of killing husband after writing book about grief is sued for over $13 million 06/28/2023 06:33pm • A lawsuit against a Utah woman who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and now stands accused of his fatal poisoning was filed Tuesday, seeking over $13 million in damages for alleged financial wrongdoing before and after his death. The lawsuit was filed against Mets owner Steve Cohen considering trade deadline selloff, but Showalter, Eppler safe through season 06/28/2023 06:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Mets owner Steven Cohen threatened his underperforming team with the prospect of a trade deadline selloff unless New York gets back into contention for a playoff berth, while promising job security through the season's end to manager Buck Showalter and general manager Billy Eppler. Arizona's Oak Flat is sacred land to some Native Americans, but it's endangered by a plan for a mine 06/28/2023 05:50pm • OAK FLAT, Ariz. (AP) ��� Azee Romero climbed barefoot on the wrinkled trunk of the massive Emory oak tree at the center of the Oak Flat Campground. The 5-year-old in his black dinosaur t-shirt with hair tied under a backwards baseball cap scaled higher and higher until he found the perfect seat. The President touts 'Bidenomics' though new poll shows just 34% approve his handling of the economy 06/28/2023 04:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� President Joe Biden made his pitch Wednesday to a skeptical public that the U.S. economy is thriving under what he now touts as ���Bidenomics��� -- even as a new poll showed that could be a hard sell as the foundation for his 2024 reelection campaign. In a major economic speech in C Oregon governor names new secretary of state after last one resigned over work for pot industry 06/28/2023 04:29pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� LaVonne Griffin-Valade has been appointed Oregon's new secretary of state, Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek announced in a news release Wednesday, filling the vacancy created when Shemia Fagan resigned last month over criticism for her consultancy work for a marijuana business. Gri US public debt is projected to reach 181% of American economic activity in 30 years 06/28/2023 03:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Congressional Budget Office is giving the world a concerning look at the U.S. government's ledgers: ever higher deficits, greater government spending and tax revenues that only begin to increase when existing tax cuts expire. The nonpartisan agency estimates in its latest 30- Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., maverick senator during Watergate, dies at 92 06/28/2023 03:26pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a Republican U.S. senator who tussled with his own party during the Watergate hearings, championed legislation to protect people with disabilities and later was elected Connecticut governor as an independent, died Wednesday. He was 92. Weicker's death Extortion threat fueled New Jersey political murder-for-hire plot, prosecutors say 06/28/2023 03:18pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� A New Jersey political consultant who hired two career criminals to kill a colleague plotted the slaying because the fellow consultant sought to extort money from him, prosecutors said in a court filing made public Wednesday. Sean Caddle, a former Democratic campaign consultan New York cracks down on unlicensed pot shops, but closing them might take time 06/28/2023 01:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Fed up with hundreds of bootleg pot shops, New York launched new inspections this month aimed at getting rid of the unlicensed stores that are troubling the state's fledgling legal marijuana market. ���You will be caught,��� the governor vowed. But anyone who expects to see the sto 5 takeaways from AP's reporting on Pell Grants for prisoners getting college degrees 06/28/2023 12:01pm • The Associated Press visited a California prison for a graduation ceremony last month, as dozens of prisoners received college degrees, high school diplomas and vocational certificates earned while they served time. Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind Families worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic 06/28/2023 09:15am • Nathan Hill started receiving $12.75 an hour from a state Medicaid program to help care for his severely disabled son during the pandemic, money he said allowed his family to stop using food stamps. The program was designed to provide a continuation of care and ease a home health worker shortage tha Editorial Roundup: United States 06/28/2023 08:56am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 27 Washington Post on retired U.S. military officers working for foreign governments A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would close several loopholes identified by The