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By Brian O'Connell You can find high-paying jobs if you know where to look. With talk of a recession looming and good jobs harder to come by in select industries like technology and finance, it’s not outlandish to consider moving to a new city for better opportunities. In addition to higher pay, job seekers are increasingly on the hunt for flexible or hybrid work options and a greater sense of work-life balance. But some people can be limited by the place they live. When local jobs are scarce, you may find yourself jumping on an opportunity that isn't a good fit, locking you into an unfulfilli......

By Samanda Dorger Here are 12 state and national parks around the U.S. that are recognized as International Dark Sky Parks where you can see stellar night skies. Remember stars? No, not movie stars. If you live in the city, you may have forgotten the sight of a star-filled sky, but perhaps remember it from a long-ago camping trip you went on as a child. But today, millions of children around the world will never experience the sight of the Milky Way in the skies where they live, according to the International Dark-Sky Association. Less than 100 years ago, everyone could look up and see a spect......

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan state representative came to the Capitol on Thursday to cast votes, despite testing positive test for COVID-19 the day before. Rep. Natalie Price, a Berkley Democrat, cast her vote from the gallery as the Michigan House held late night votes to pass an increase to the Earned Income Tax Credit, a repeal of some taxes on retirement income and a $946 million supplemental budget, the first-term lawmaker disclosed Monday. Price acknowledged her positive coronavirus test in a Facebook post Monday evening after Bridge Michigan reported on her attendance. The Lansing newsle......

All retirement-related reforms have been tucked under SECURE Act 2.0, which is part of the 4,155-page spending bill that will fund every federal agency and government program through Sept. 30, 2023. The SECURE Act 2.0 builds on the SECURE Act, which was approved by Congress in 2019. Q3 2022 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The bipartisan bill includes more than 90 retirement-related changes. Some of these changes will be effective immediately, while other changes will take effect in 2024 or beyond. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest changes to retirement plans under SECURE Act 2.......

Two congressional committees headed by Democrats reportedly ask in new letters whether Jared Kushner was led “to improperly influence U.S. tax, trade and national security policies” to bail out his family’s real estate business. The new inquiry centers on the Canadian company Brookfield Asset Management’s $1.2 billion lease of a New York City office building, for which the Kushner family took out a loan that it was in danger of defaulting, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The 99-year leasing deal went through in 2018. In letters sent Monday to the Departments of Defense and State, lawma......

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump knew about Trump Organization executives’ tax-dodging schemes, a Manhattan prosecutor told a jury in a closing statement Thursday in the organization’s tax fraud trial. “Donald Trump knew exactly what was going on with his top executives,” said Manhattan Assistant DA Joshua Steinglass when he addressed jurors. Steinglass’ statement came near the end of the day’s court session. Later, after the jury left the courtroom for the evening, Trump Organization lawyer Alan Futerfas openly complained that Steinglass had invoked Trump himself in his closing argume......