Environmentalists have long decried the wastefulness of single-use plastic straws, but the issue has recently entered the mainstream as Seattle’s ban on plastic straws and
Overall, 58% of working Americans had access to a retirement savings plan at work and 49% participated, so what’s all the ruckus about? A broader
Taxes never sleep. While the time to file taxes has passed, and people have either received a refund or paid the government, the effects of
We explored the health risks of vaping and its increasing use among middle- and high-school age students in a post in late April. Since then,
With the close presidential election in 2016 and races in divided national and state legislatures, special elections have garnered extra attention over the last year.
One of the covert ways that companies and PR firms affect coverage and influence the public is through astroturfing. Astroturf, as you probably know, is
The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act sets off several important changes in healthcare to watch in 2018. Millions of Americans will choose to opt
Many taxpayers saw an immediate increase in their paychecks after H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Bill, became law on January 1, 2018. But they
Immediately after the tax cut passed in December, companies like Walmart, AT&T, Boeing, Comcast, and Wells Fargo began announcing how they would invest in employees
Proposed tax legislation has promised a cut in top corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 20 percent. Part of the language tries to address
The new fiduciary rule from the Department of Labor (DOL) takes full effect in July, 2019. (The deadline was recently extended from January, 2018.) The
The office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a 17-page document in July outlining the Trump administration’s goals for renegotiations of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade
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