Author: Medora Lee, USA TODAY

Soaring inflation is boosting insurance costs but not your coverage. You should do an insurance check up to make sure you’re adequately protected.

The IRS was given $15 million to study development of a government-backed free e-filing tax system for all. What this could mean for consumers.

California’s new fast food act would let a council lift wages to $22-an-hour. Unions say workers win, but critics say consumers will pay the price.

Inflation will be slow to fall. While the cost of goods has ebbed, a persistent rise in prices of services is keeping inflation high, economists say.

Job seekers increasingly are looking for $20, not $15, an hour work. This could keep inflation hot and make the Fed’s inflation fight even tougher.

Student loan repayments will resume in the new year, but now is the time to prepare, especially with the economy looking shaky and inflation soaring.

President Joe Biden signed an executive action Wednesday to forgive $10,000 or more in federal student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.

To offer future student borrowers relief, Biden plans to cut their discretionary income. How does he plan to do that and how will that help?