Author: Russ Wiles, Arizona Republic

The shotgun approach used to send out earlier COVID-19 stimulus money raises questions about efficiency and fairness.

Saving money and planning for retirement can be daunting, but when you make a few rules for yourself, it can make personal finance a lot easier.

Everyday life barely resembles what it did a year ago. Many of us work differently, save differently and certainly spend differently.

More than a year ago, the IRS released a redesigned form W-4 on which taxpayers figure how much money they should withhold from their paychecks

Pandemic lessons

After a fast economic bounce-back from the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the typical financial patterns expected in a recession year just didn’t pan out.

Amid COVID-19, Congress enacted changes to help people tap into retirement accounts to stay afloat. Some apply to 2020 only. Others will last longer.

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It’s too early to know if these proposals will ever get enacted, especially if Republicans hold onto the Senate, but a few would affect many Americans.

Programs and resources like stimulus payments have received a lot of media attention during the coronavirus pandemic, but others aren’t so obvious.