Clint Proctor is a managing editor with the credit cards and travel rewards team at Forbes Advisor. He has eight years of experience in personal finance journalism and has contributed to a variety of ...

A former Girl Scout troop leader from Hopatcong has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay over $20,000 in restitution for stealing proceeds from the organization. Police say ...

Advocates and surviving military family members rally on Capitol Hill in support of the Love Lives On Act, legislation aimed at ending the "remarriage penalty" for surviving spouses of fallen service ...

One-third of Americans shoulder health care debt. Insurers are being asked to consider lending money to Obamacare consumers who can’t afford higher deductibles. Kathleen Capetta’s family of five is ...

Sierra Freeman's heart-related medical emergency in 2022 quickly ballooned into a more than $4 million financial emergency after a brain bleed kept her in the hospital for two months. That "was ...

Paying bills is an inevitable part of life, but doing so strategically can set you up for financial success. While it might seem like enough to simply meet your deadlines, paying certain bills ahead ...

AURORA, Colo. — An Aurora man refusing Xcel Energy's smart meter says opting out could cost him between $10,000 and $20,000. More than 1.6 million Xcel customers have received either a smart meter ...

Senate Republicans removed up to $1 billion in security funding for President Trump’s proposed White House ballroom from an immigration enforcement funding bill. GOP leaders feared the provision could ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced last week that the state will send out rebate checks of up to $200 to help New Yorkers pay their utility bills. Hochul stated during an interview with Telemundo 47 ...

A woman took more than £20,000 from two dog clubs to pay her bills as she struggled to meet the cost of living. Truro Crown Court heard Lisa Murch, of Silford near Northam in Devon, transferred funds ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

Electric bills keep going up—seemingly with no limit in sight. New federal research suggests that residential rates across the U.S. rose, on average, 10.2 percent between March 2025 and March 2026, ...