Government

Attempts at eliminating or reducing property taxes are a trend across the country right now. But with less of that revenue, public services take a hit.

Spirit’s bankruptcy estate is auctioning off its access to New York’s LaGuardia Airport in order to repay the defunct airline’s creditors.

On today’s program: why advocacy groups are filing lawsuits against a cap on federal student loans and the rise and fall of sustainable fashion.

There’s not much out there for people at the low end of the income spectrum, and those households are more likely to pay at least half their income on rent and utilities.

Austan Goolsbee, president of the Chicago Fed, says Chair Warsh’s new policy to cut back on forward guidance could prevent dings to Fed credibility.

There’s a debate over whether low interest rates under Greenspan helped fuel the housing bubble.

In his first press conference, Warsh reaffirmed the Fed's commitment to price stability. But what that means in practice is anyone's guess.

Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund is expected to run out of money in 2032. That means the next senator and president you vote for will have to address its shortfalls.

Fed Chair Jay Powell held a press conference after every interest rate decision. It wasn’t always done this way.

Rising inflation and the bond markets are telling the Fed to raise rates. The guy in the White House is demanding cuts.