WASHINGTON - IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman, in a statement prepared for a House hearing Thursday, said one of the agency's tasks this summer will be tracking down some 5 million Social Security recipients and veterans who qualify for tax rebate checks but have not filed to receive them. ...more

June 20, 2008

Reports of rising inflation and weak gains in wages kept the paycheck struggles of Americans at the center of the presidential campaign Friday. ...more

June 14, 2008

Pamela Perez said she wants a place she can call her own - and to be able to go shopping. ...more

May 21, 2008

Congress is set to examine another round of proposals to help consumers and investors survive turmoil in the housing market. ...more

February 25, 2008

Congress is set to examine another round of possible repairs for consumers and investors threatened by widening cracks in the housing market. ...more

February 24, 2008

Highlands County Commissioner Guy Maxcy wants his fellow commissioners to consider an economic stimulus package for the local business community. We like that idea, and are game for anything that eases the desperate situation a growing number of businesses are in. We fear, though, that there is little that can be done on this level. Let's hope that isn't the case. ...more

February 20, 2008

The only way to receive a rebate from the economic stimulus package is to file a tax return, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday. That includes recipients of Social Security and veterans' benefits who do not normally need to file returns. ...more

February 16, 2008

Using words like "sluggish" and "deteriorated," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a starkly pessimistic assessment of the nation's economy Thursday and signaled that the Fed will cut interest rate cuts further if needed to combat the adverse effects of a prolonged housing slump and a severe credit crisis. ...more

February 15, 2008

The firestorm over U.S. Ginny Brown-Waite's remark calling Puerto Ricans "foreign citizens" grew so hot this week that Brown-Waite finally responded with a statement late Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008

Puerto Ricans waiting for an apology from U.S. Ginny Brown-Waite shouldn't get their hopes up. ...more

February 5, 2008