Lifestyle and Budget

5 Tax Breaks That Will Disappear in 2017

Not all tax breaks last forever. Here are some that were on the chopping block at the end of 2016 because Congress considered letting them expire...

Valentine's Day Gotchas

Love is expensive, but it’s also blind, as they say--particularly when you consider the inflated costs for Valentine's Day....

Girl Scout’s Brutally Honest Reviews Lead to Sales Records

When Girl Scout Charlotte McCourt began selling Girl Scout Cookies this year, her original goal was to match her 300 sales from last year. Now, McCourt has not only passed the 300 mark, but has broken the Girl Scout’s sales record by selling more than 24,000 boxes so far.

Vermont will test new health system with Medicaid patients

About 30,000 of Vermont's Medicaid patients will take part in a pilot project that will test a new health care payment system designed to reward providers for keeping patients healthy, rather than paying them to cure people who are already sick, Gov. Phil Scott said Wednesday.

Trump administration weighs health insurance 'stabilization'

Worried about the nearly 20 million people who buy their own health insurance policies, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are weighing how to stabilize a wobbly market, government and industry officials say.