Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at an April 19 event in Santa Monica to mark 100 days since the Palisades fire. (Los Angeles Times) To the editor: Thank you for your article on Mayor Karen Bass' puzzling ...

“Penny-wise and pound foolish,” an idiom that describes someone who is careful with small amounts of money but careless with large amounts. After reading the “Rebuilding Rundlett” series (kudos to ...

My Irish mother used to say, “Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish.” This year, Washingtonians have an opportunity to prove her right on our ballots. Initiative 2109 repeals an excise tax on capital ...

Chances are that you or someone you care about is part of the growing number of Americans who are using GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity, diabetes or other health conditions. If you’re trying to lose ...

Savers are much better off due to to the rise of passive investing, of which Jack Bogle was a pioneer. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) 🔎 This is an online version of our Markets A.M. newsletter by Spencer ...

I wonder if we’ll ever get a true accounting of the supposed savings from the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to “drain the swamp” and reduce the size and cost our federal government. At ...

To the editor: Thank you for your article on Mayor Karen Bass’ puzzling proposal to shut down the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office, knowing that climate change is only going to get steadily and ...

As your Dec. 18 editorial pointed out, the cost of production of our one-cent coin has been more than one cent for decades. Inflation isn’t helping our poor penny become less expensive to produce.