Benjamin Pease | Special to the Herald-Tribune Many investors focus on past returns when making investment decisions. Our personal experiences – particularly recent losses or missed opportunities – can weigh heavily on how we approach risk and outlook. This is known as recency bias. However, when it comes to fixed income, especially municipal bonds, the
President Trump takes US out of UNESCO for the second time President Donald Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the culture and education agency UNESCO. The Trump administration announced on Friday it will return more than $5 billion in funding that it previously withheld from the nation’s K-12 public schools for over a month. In
Senators grill Education Secretary Linda McMahon over proposed cuts Education Secretary Linda McMahon testified to Congress over proposed budget cuts. After a monthlong delay, more than $118 million in federal K-12 funds will be released to Tennessee. The Trump administration missed a deadline to allocate $6.2 billion in funds nationwide, saying it was due to
How to control your finances on a tight budget Living on a tight financial budget? That doesn’t mean you can’t take control of your finances. Beginning on 2025 tax returns, new car buyers might qualify for an above-the-line deduction of up to $10,000 in car loan interest in a year. Taxpayers will not be able
Dominic Basulto | The Motley Fool Tokenization has been one of the hottest buzzwords in the crypto industry for the past 12 months. Now we’re finally starting to see what can happen when blockchain technology meets traditional stock-market investing. On June 30, Robinhood Markets shook up the financial world with the launch of tokenized stocks
Senate passes bill to cut funding to public broadcasting The bill to cut more than $9 billion from public broadcasting, foreign aid and more will move on for a final House vote, then to the president. The rescission bill passed by Congress ends funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including NPR and affiliates. KCLU
Watch weeks-old peregrine falcon chicks at the Ojai Raptor Center Peregrine falcon eggs were transferred to the Ojai Raptor Center in May 2025. Watch what happens next. Pamela Greer, former Ojai finance director, filed a 22-page claim July 15. She said the real reason for her March 3 firing was her exposure of internal improprieties.
SCOTUS backs Trump plan to fire Education Dept. workers A divided Supreme Court backed Trump’s plan to dismantle the Education Dept. and fire hundreds of federal workers, despite a judge’s earlier pause. Southwest Ohio districts didn’t receive at least hundreds of thousands of anticipated federal funds. President Donald Trump’s Department of Education froze the funds,
Restarting Three Mile Island: A New Chapter in Clean Energy The owners of TMI say they’re ahead of schedule to reopen the undamaged reactor at the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. Former President Trump announced over $90 billion in energy and innovation projects for Pennsylvania. Major investments include $25 billion each
Manali Pradhan | The Motley Fool Vance calls crypto ‘hedge’ against inflation, bad policies Vice President JD Vance said Bitcoin’s independence offers access to those denied banking over political beliefs, including support for gun rights. Investors have gotten good news lately. The U.S. stock market reacted positively to a stable unemployment rate of 4.1 % in