For uninsured Kansans, a window of opportunity opens next month. The open enrollment period for 2021 health insurance plans is set to begin Nov. 1 and run through Dec. 15. During that time, Kansans without health insurance may browse options available to them and purchase plans on the Health Insurance […]
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What to expect, plus our shopping tips
Amazon Prime Day is right around the corner and, for shopping events like this, it helps to be prepared. Amazon’s website will be inundated with deals over the course of 48 hours and the more you know going into Prime Day, the less likely you’ll be to waste your time […]
‘Expect a large number of victims’
NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. — Pumping fuel is a ritual so common most drivers don’t give it a second thought while standing at the pump. But the pumps at the Valero in Quinton on New Kent Highway are weighing heavy on the mind of New Kent County Sheriff Joe McLaughlin. […]
Freeland is no old school finance minister, expect big green spending this fall
(Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images) Chrystia Freeland isn’t talking like a typical Canadian finance minister. That’s according to economists who see the first woman in the powerful post playing an unconventional role, as the Liberals aim to simultaneously revive the economy and advance climate goals through new green […]
Economists expect Shreveport-Bossier to recover some, but not all, jobs in 2021 and 2022
Shreveport-Bossier City likely won’t see full job recovery from COVID-19 until 2023, LSU business professor emeritus of economics Loren Scott said Wednesday. Click to expand UP NEXT Scott spoke virtually on the Louisiana Economic Outlook he produces annually with his co-author LSU professor Greg Upton. The Port of Caddo-Bossier and Committee […]
August jobs report preview: Economists expect job gains at slower pace
The median economist estimate for Friday’s US nonfarm payrolls report is that the economy added 1.37 jobs in August, according to Bloomberg data. That’s a slower pace of jobs gained than in previous months, signaling that the labor market recovery is faltering as the coronavirus pandemic persists. “We shouldn’t confuse […]
Expect More Venezuelas in the Post-Peak Oil Era
To see why, it’s worth looking at how oil producers might hope to make money in a world where crude demand falls by half or more over the next 30 years, as two of BP’s latest scenarios predict. The trick is (in theory) simple: As long as supply drops faster than […]