Texas Senate OKs stricter limits on city, county property tax revenue
Joshua Fechter | Texas TribuneThe Texas Senate advanced a proposal Wednesday aimed at gut-checking city and county property tax bills...
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What does ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for Florida’s housing?
Budge Huskey | Special to the Herald-TribuneHow will the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' – a sweeping package of tax and...
Musk’s xAI, other platforms, to share in $800M investments by Pentagon
Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News | Hearst - Austin TransitionAn Elon Musk company’s artificial intelligence chatbot that called itself “MechaHitler” last week...
How Trump administration aims to block China from owning US farmland
Jacob Fischler | States NewsroomPresident Donald Trump’s administration will pursue a ban on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland as part...
Could foreign currencies challenge the dominance of the dollar?
Lee Mielke | Farmers' AdvanceThe US dollar suffers its worst start to the year since 1973Just seven months into 2025,...
Is the stock market open or closed? Holiday schedule
Record-breaking 72M Americans set to travel over Fourth of JulyA record 72 million Americans are expected to travel at least...
Is Juneteenth a federal holiday? What’s open and closed this week?
What is Juneteenth, America's newest federal holiday?Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. It became a federal holiday in 2021.Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and became a federal holiday in 2021. Here's what to know about the holiday and what businesses will be open and closed on that day.June 19, 1865 is known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day when slaves in Galveston Texas learned of their freedom following the President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War.Juneteenth celebrations and...
Open or closed? Banks? Is USPS mail delivered?
AAA expecting busy Memorial Day weekend for travelOfficials with AAA believe over 45 million people will travel at least 50 miles from their homes for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.Fox - 10 PhoenixThe Memorial Day holiday is rapidly approaching, and multiple services will be shuttered for the holiday.Is the stock market open or closed on Monday?Here's what we know about the stock market, banks, USPS mail delivery and more on Memorial Day:When is Memorial Day 2025? What date is Memorial Day this year?Memorial Day is on Monday, May 26, 2025.Will...
What date is the holiday? What is open or closed?
AAA expecting busy Memorial Day weekend for travelOfficials with AAA believe over 45 million people will travel at least 50 miles from their homes for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.Fox - 10 PhoenixAmericans will soon celebrate Memorial Day, but what will be open or closed during the holiday?Here's what we know about banks, the stock market, USPS mail delivery and more on Memorial Day:When is Memorial Day 2025? What date is Memorial Day this year?Memorial Day is on Monday, May 26, 2025.Will banks be open on Memorial Day, May 26,...
Dollar drops as Korea talks fuel bets Trump wants weaker currency
Daedo Kim and Jaehyun Eom | BloombergThe dollar erased this week’s gains on fresh speculation President Donald Trump favors a weaker greenback and will prod other governments to let their currencies rise in return for trade deals with the US.The US currency extended an earlier decline on Wednesday after a Bloomberg News report that South Korea and US officials discussed exchange rate policies at a May 5 meeting in Milan and will continue to do so.The won rose nearly 2% and the Japanese yen also climbed, helping to push the...