WASHINGTON D.C.– While he is a new Federal Reserve Chairman, Kevin Warsh kept it pretty much business as usual when he held his first meeting last week. The central bank voted unanimously to keep the standard interest rate in the 3.50% to 3.75% target range. There were also talks of a new strategy involving communication with Warsh releasing a shorter policy…
The Harlan City Council gave its first reading of the budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year during their meeting on June 25 and followed with the second reading on Monday. While health insurance premiums have also seen a stark increase, Mayor Joe Meadors made it clear that the city would be the ones footing the bill. According to Meadors, the increased price of…
Noah Cross, the archvillain of the movie " Chinatown," had the definitive line on how old age brings respectability. I wouldn't necessarily slot former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan into any of those categories, but the general reaction to his death Monday at age 100 puts the lie to Cross' observation. The headline on the Wall Street Journal's main take on…
-Companies operating in the nation’ s most productive oil and gas region report business activity surged to a four-year high in the second quarter of 2026, though rising operational costs and regulatory burdens threaten long-term growth, according to the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank’ s most recent quarterly survey. The Dallas Fed’ s business activity index for…
Most adult Americans take at least one prescription drug, and for too many, getting that prescription filled means battling the very system that's supposed to help them. Insurance denials have become alarmingly routine. And even when patients manage to access treatment, affordability remains a major challenge: nearly 60% of U.S. adults worry about being able…
