Month: May 2024

By My Courier-Tribune Right after daffodils, tulips and hyacinths have spent their last flowers, many homeowners mow the plants down. That’s a bad idea if you want them to keep flowering year after year, according to a University of Missouri Extension press release. Spring-flowering bulbs need to photosynthesize and produce food in order for the

By Metro Creative Slow cooking has become very popular in recent years. The convenience of slow cooking, which allows home cooks to begin preparing meals in the morning or afternoon and then enjoy a delicious dinner without having to put in much work after a day at the office, no doubt plays a big role

By Wealth of Geeks via AP The real estate market was one of the industries hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. Housing and rental prices skyrocketed in the years immediately after the pandemic. However, Realtor.com has some good news for renters: rental prices are finally dropping. Mortgages on starter homes in the biggest cities cost

By Wealth of Geeks via AP The Pew Research Center released findings from a survey this January, giving insight into how Americans feel about the economy. It holds good news and bad news for the incumbent Biden administration. Americans are feeling upbeat about the country’s financial shape, but they don’t want President Biden steering the

By Associated Press PHOENIX — Frank Vogel’s tenure as coach of the Phoenix Suns is done after one disappointing season that ended without a playoff victory. The franchise fired the 50-year-old Vogel on Thursday, less than two weeks after getting swept out of the first round of the NBA playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves. “After

By Wealth of Geeks via AP A new survey from Real Estate Witch found homeowners spend an average of $17,958 annually on home expenses such as maintenance, taxes, utilities, and other costs — in addition to payments toward mortgage principal and interest. Home prices aren’t the only housing expense on the rise. The non-mortgage costs

By Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy hoped that his victory with Shane Lowry two weeks ago in the Zurich Classic team event would serve as a springboard for the remainder of the season. He’s off to a good start. McIlroy positioned himself for a run at a record fourth Wells Fargo Championship title

By Wealth of Geeks via AP Over the two decades, more than $84 trillion in assets will be left behind by baby boomers and members of the Silent Generation as they shuffle off their mortal coils. As these folks enter their eighties and nineties, America’s economy is on the cusp of an intergenerational shift financial

By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed legislation to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson’s signature could mean Missouri joins a small band of states — Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas, according to Planned Parenthood — to have successfully blocked