• SCOTUS’s Conservative Majority Blocks Wisconsin Dems’ Attempt to Extend Absentee Voting

    SCOTUS’s Conservative Majority Blocks Wisconsin Dems’ Attempt to Extend Absentee Voting

    The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines in a 5-4 decision to block an extension of absentee voting for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, with the conservative majority siding with state Republicans who had argued the extension would create “a fundamental unfairness that undermines the integrity of the election.” The case, which was brought to the court …
  • Coronavirus stimulus bill offers relief for retirees

    Coronavirus stimulus bill offers relief for retirees

    Retirees and pre-retirees considering tapping their qualified retirement accounts to survive tough times just got a tax break. The recently passed $2 trillion stimulus law features loan provisions that are designed for anyone “who experiences adverse financial consequences as a result of being quarantined or being furloughed.” The law provides tax reduction benefits for those …
  • Sonni Pacheco slams ex Jeremy Renner’s request to lower child support payments

    Sonni Pacheco slams ex Jeremy Renner’s request to lower child support payments

    Sonni Pacheco is ready to speak out about ex Jeremy Renner’s alleged “lies” after what she says have been “seven years of hell.” Earlier this week, Renner, 49, filed a request to lower his child support payments over claims the coronavirus pandemic had affected his finances. Pacheco told Page Six in response, “It is very …
  • Jeremy Renner requests child support reduction due to coronavirus pandemic

    Jeremy Renner requests child support reduction due to coronavirus pandemic

    Jeremy Renner claims the coronavirus pandemic is already putting a financial strain on his bank account. The “Hawkeye” star filed a request on Monday in Los Angeles to lower his child support payments since many of the productions he had lined up this year are “likely canceled or postponed” due to the outbreak, according to …
  • Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty

    Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty

    The room used for executiuons at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Tex., September 29, 2010 Colorado officially abolished the death penalty in the state on Monday, becoming the 22nd state to do so since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. The bill bans capital punishment for defendants convicted of Class 1 felonies in Colorado …
  • Can’t we dip into our retirement money at a reduced tax rate?

    Can’t we dip into our retirement money at a reduced tax rate?

    Dear John: I have been following you for over 25 years. Is there any chance the proposal that you wrote in 2004 about dipping into retirement money at a reduced tax rate could now be passed? It would stimulate the economy and generate tax revenue. In my humble opinion, we could be heading into a …
  • Supreme Court Announces Closure over Coronavirus Fears, First Since 1918 Spanish Flu Outbreak

    Supreme Court Announces Closure over Coronavirus Fears, First Since 1918 Spanish Flu Outbreak

    U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., June 2018 (Erin Schaff/Reuters) The Supreme Court said Monday that it will postpone oral arguments for its March session in response to coronavirus, the High Court’s first closure in over 100 years since the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak. “The Court will examine the options for rescheduling those cases …