Rep. Shaun Scott, D-43. A newly proposed payroll tax would add new costs for large businesses in Washington state. But Rep. Shaun Scott, a Seattle Democrat sponsoring the bill, argues it would protect ...

GENEVA, Ill. — A local congressman has made good on his promise to donate money he earned during the government shutdown to an Illinois food bank. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) donated the salary he ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue’s Mayor acknowledges Seattle tax policy has benefitted her city and should serve as a warning sign for Washington lawmakers who dare consider a new statewide payroll tax.

OLYMPIA – With about a month to go before the 2026 legislative session, progressive lawmakers in Olympia rolled out a new revenue proposal Tuesday that targets Washington’s largest employers with a 5% ...

Life after college can be stressful, especially when it comes to money. A new report from Oxford Economics says unemployed recent grads account for 12 percent of the 85 percent rise in national ...

Nearly a quarter of all U.S. households are living paycheck to paycheck and the number has risen over the last year, though the rate of growth has slowed, according to a new report. The Bank of ...

A growing share of lower-income Americans are struggling to get by financially as their wages fail to keep up with inflation, according to a recent analysis. Roughly 29% of lower-income households are ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the year that 28.6% of lower-income households were living paycheck to paycheck. It was 2024. More American households are ...

Just a few months back, Investopedia contributor Jessica Gibson reported that PNC Bank’s Financial Wellness in the Workplace Report found that 67% of Americans are stuck in the cycle of living ...

A quarter of American households are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new analysis from Bank of America. Slow wage growth has contributed to an increase in households with limited savings.

Austin H. can’t wait to buy a house and start a family. But right now, the 34-year-old is barely getting by. Austin is living paycheck to paycheck and saving almost no money, one of the millions of ...

(WISH) — Nearly a quarter of U.S. households are living paycheck to paycheck in 2025, according to Bank of America data released Tuesday, though the growth rate of such households has slowed ...