Julie Z. Weil
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U.S. poverty rate drops slightly, but experts fear worse ahead (opens the original)
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The U.S. poverty rate fell slightly last year as Americansâ incomes rose alongside rising prices, according to new census data published Tuesday. But the data from 2025 did not reflect cuts to social assistance this year that experts fear will cause a rise in poverty soon. Just over 1 in 10 Americans lived below the poverty line in 2025, the Census Bureau found, a half-percentage point drop since 2024. The median American household income rose more than 2% in inflation-adjusted terms, to $87,4
Some school supplies got costlier after tariffs. Parents are feeling the pinch. (opens the original)
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Itâs back-to-school shopping season, which means parents are spending money on new crayons and notebooks. Parents are calculating just how much they can afford to spend on school supplies, what children can reuse from the year before, and what on teachersâ lists will have to be abandoned. The cost of school supplies has risen nearly 8% since last year, according to a report from the left-leaning groups the Century Foundation and Groundwork Collaborative, which pointed out that the makers of
The U.S. homeownership rate may not be as high as you think (opens the original)
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Americans often think of homeownership as both a goal and a norm â after all, the U.S. homeownership rate is 65%, and as high as 75% in some states. But one Federal Reserve economist says that weâve been measuring homeownership the wrong way and that U.S. adults are about as likely to rent or live in someone elseâs home as they are to own their own. Erik Hembre says his work âshould reframe the basic number we have in our head. I went from a baseline of about two-thirds of people own the
The Trump administration has refunded $100 billion in tariffs. Will you get any of the money? (opens the original)
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The Trump administration has refunded about $100 billion in tariffs in response to the Supreme Court ruling that declared the tariffs illegal, according to a new court filing this week. Major corporations are getting huge refunds: $2.2 billion for Apple, $1.3 billion for Ford, $600 million for Amazon. (Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.) While some companies have said they will use the refunds to reduce their prices, experts say not to expect many price cuts. Kimberly
This city is getting homes built twice as fast â and others want to copy it (opens the original)
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CLAREMORE, Okla. â Aaron Sprik has been building houses for 25 years. Recently, he experienced something new. He applied for a city permit to build four duplexes, side by side. And within 24 hours, he had the permit in hand. âIâve never had anything even close to that fastâ from a city, he said. Construction on the eight homes, a row of matching sky-blue fronts meant to revitalize one of his hometownâs historic blocks, is well underway. Building a house is a slow and expensive process,
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