As the Eugene School District 4J election wraps up, so does the campaign spending. Lawn signs are slowly being taken out of yards, and advertisements on Facebook and in local newspapers have stopped popping up, relics from a costly election.
Collectively, the candidates running for three open 4J board positions who reported their cash flow raised nearly $100,000 to fund their campaigns and spent most of it. This may seem like a large dollar amount to compete for an unpaid position, but candidates and experts say several factors contributed to this, including lack of a voter pamphlet and the COVID-19 pandemic. Candidates received contributions from other board members, the community and unions.
California to offer $116 million in Covid vaccine prize money
California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money — $116.5 million — in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous U.S. state fully reopens next month.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the prizes, which also include the nation's highest single vaccine prize: $1.5 million. People who have already been vaccinated will be eligible.
"We're putting aside more resources than any other state in America and we're making available the largest prizes of any state in America for those that seek to get vaccinated," Newsom said from a vaccination site in Los Angeles.
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Saving up for a down payment on a home? Put your money in this account | Fox Business
Every penny counts when you're saving for a down payment on a home. Maximize your earnings with a high-yield savings account. ( iStock )
Buying a home is the biggest purchase most people ever make. And, if you plan on financing your home purchase, you’re going to need a sizable down payment – ideally up to 20% of the purchase price to avoid the extra cost of private mortgage insurance (PMI).
Unless you already have the cash on hand, you must save money over time for the down payment . But where should you save your money?
'God Told Me to Put Money Into Hertz': Small Investors Are Winning Big Again - WSJ
A basket of stocks favored by individuals has outperformed the broader market since March of last year, according to Vanda Research. This group, which includes behemoths like Apple Inc. and Tesla Inc. alongside electric-vehicle maker NIO Inc. and digital-payments company Square Inc., has gained 68% since the beginning of March 2020 through Monday, far outpacing the S&P 500's roughly 36% climb.
And meme stocks popular with individual investors have been on a tear again . Shares of movie-theater operator AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. jumped 36% Thursday, continuing a string of double-digit gains that pushed them to $26.52, their highest close in four years. The recent rally in AMC shares has catapulted them above levels recorded during the initial retail-driven frenzy in GameStop Corp. and other stocks this January. On Thursday, AMC was the most actively-traded stock in the U.S.
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Monthly child tax credit starts July 15. Set plans for money now
Parents anxiously awaiting the July 15 start of the monthly child tax credit payments should start planning how they'll use the extra money now.
The child tax credit got a boost from the American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. The new enhanced credit increases the annual benefit per child age 17 and younger to $3,000 from $2,000 for 2021. It also gives an additional $600 benefit for children under the age of 6 for the 2021 tax year.
Three groups still seeking more money in the Louisiana budget - Louisiana Illuminator
Louisiana lawmakers have more money to spend this year than they've seen in years, but that doesn't mean everyone thinks they are getting what they need.
After several years of revenue shortfalls, the state is flush with cash. A week ago, the state revised its revenue projections to include an additional $677 million over the next 14 months . It also has $1.6 billion in federal COVID-19 recovery money to spend in the next year.
The extra money has allowed lawmakers to insert millions of dollars for pet projects into the state spending plan . In the current proposal, there is funding for a Ruston skate park ($125,000), new Ascension Parish high school ($870,000), the National World War II Museum ($500,000) and the city of Central Athletic Foundation ($2 million) — among other local projects.
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Mary Hunt is the award-winning and best-selling author of 23 books. She writes the Everyday Cheapskate column that appears in The Daily Journal.
Whether it's a new credit card or a new nothing-down, interest-only mortgage for a house that, in your hearts, you know you cannot afford, never allow your ability to qualify to be the determining factor. Getting in over your heads in a house or credit card debt is the recipe for a marital disaster.
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