Category: Personal Finance

franckreporter | E+ | Getty ImagesCollege students whose parents have lost their jobs could be facing more pain next year.That’s because their financial aid packages could fall far short of what they need to cover the cost...

Jennifer Moon has waited more than two months for unemployment benefits — and the delay presented a scary situation.Absent any income, the 46-year-old, who lives in Cedartown, Georgia, fell behind on bills.Lenders repossessed...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a June 25 campaign event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Mark Makela | ReutersHealth insurance for the nation’s older population could undergo some changes if Joe Biden wins...

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Yuma International Airport in Arizona on Aug. 18.Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesEmployers and payroll companies have less than two weeks to put President Donald...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is overseeing program funding, had approved 13 states to offer the extra unemployment benefits as of around noon ET on Friday. Those states are: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa,...

Former Vice President Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020.Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg |...

CasarsaGuru | E+ | Getty ImagesThis fall’s back-to-school shopping list certainly isn’t looking like those of years past.With many schools across the country going virtual, or offering part-time distant learning,...

When it comes to a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks, there’s good news and bad news.The good news: Both political parties have said they want to send Americans more direct payments.The bad news: Congress needs to...

Unemployed Kentucky residents enter the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky.John Sommers II/Getty ImagesKentucky and MontanaIt appears just two states — Kentucky...

Events and entertainment workers gather in a protest to bring attention to their labor and unemployment on August 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada.BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)Larry Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic...

Delmaine Donson | E+ | Getty ImagesEach year, more women head out on their own as entrepreneurs. Women currently are majority owners of 39% of U.S. small businesses, a 45% increase from 2007 to 2016, according to SCORE, a...

People wait for their numbers to be called at an unemployment event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 15, 2020.Photo by Nick Oxford for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesSome workers got an extra $300 in unemployment benefits this...