Chris Adams, 36, has spent the past year of the pandemic living with his grandparents in Wichita, Kan., and being “extremely strict” about social distancing. “I never went out,” he said. But starting Monday, when all adults in Kansas become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, Mr. Adams plans to find …
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Photo by Irina Kozorog / Shutterstock.com Expect to retire on a modest income? You may want to avoid spending your golden years in the Eastern U.S. The region is home to all five of the most expensive states in which to retire, according to WalletHub’s latest annual rankings of the …
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UfaBizPhoto / Shutterstock.com If you’re living on a fixed income or struggling to hold on to your home, you might be relieved to learn about property tax deferral programs. Generally offered through state or local governments, these programs enable eligible homeowners to postpone paying part or all of their property …
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maroke / Shutterstock.com A new year brings another tax season. For some of us, the pain of paying our taxes is worse than for others, simply because of where we live. In some states — eight, to be exact, now that Tennessee has joined the lineup — residents do not …
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It did not take long for Keith Reed, a deputy health commissioner in Oklahoma, to spot a big logistical problem with the state’s vaccination rollout. Week after week, Oklahoma was allocating thousands of precious doses to a federal program for nursing home patients that was not using them all. In …
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Evidence from states that also reopened enrollment suggests it could pull more young, healthy Americans into insurance coverage. In December, the last Obamacare enrollment period under the Trump administration closed. Now that the Biden administration has arrived, it’s trying a do-over. The renewed effort reflects the Biden team’s view that …
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Dmitry Demidovich / Shutterstock.com Taxes are a hot topic in 2021. The new president has promised to raise taxes on the wealthy, and the Tax Foundation reports 26 states and the District of Columbia have made noteworthy changes to their tax codes. In some states — such as Arkansas and …
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Photo by airdone / Shutterstock.com The new year may bring higher insurance bills for drivers in five states. Those states are the only places in the nation where typical car insurance rates will rise in 2021, according to ValuePenguin’s “State of Auto Insurance in 2021” report. The report found that …
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Some states are already expanding eligibility to people 65 and over, even though millions of people the C.D.C. recommends go first — health care workers and nursing home residents — have yet to get shots. Just weeks into the country’s coronavirus vaccination effort, states have begun broadening access to the …
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