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Four Expenses For Parents To Rethink In 2023

When inflation rises, child care expenses do, too. If you’re a parent, you may be hoping to get a little financial relief during the upcoming tax season through deductions or credits. But since there have been recent reductions to both of the child tax credits, you may not get as much back as you anticipated. If you’re like me, you could end up paying the IRS instead of getting a refund from Uncle Sam. To help your money go further in 2023, you may want to reevaluate some of your recurring child-related expenses. Here are a few strategies for reducing costs, according to finance ...

May Mobility Wants To Scale Up Driverless Vehicles

DETROIT — For more than a decade, Kathy Winter has been working to get autonomous vehicles on the road, first at auto supplier Delphi and then as general manager of Intel’s autonomous transportation unit. Now the 30-year industry veteran has been named chief operating officer of May ...

Paving Prowess

Lake Shore Paving along with asphalt supplier Jamestown Macadam Inc. and W.A. Wilson Inc. received a New York Materials Showcase award for the rehabilitation of a runway at the Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport. In May, Lake Shore began a $5.7 million project to upgrade the primary runway ...

Can U.S. Avoid A Recession? As Inflation Eases, Optimism Rises

WASHINGTON — For months, the outlook for the U.S. economy has been a mostly bleak one: Inflation hitting a four-decade high, consumer spending weakening, interest rates surging. Most economists penciled in a recession for 2023. An economic downturn is still possible. Yet in recent weeks, with inflation showing widespread signs of easing, a more cheerful view has gained traction: Maybe a recession isn’t inevitable after all. One reason for the tentative optimism is evidence that an acceleration in U.S. wages, which has benefited workers but also heightened inflation, is slowing. ...

TRC Adds Phelps To Leadership Post

The Resource Center has announced the hiring of Jacqueline C. Phelps as its assistant executive director for quality assurance, quality improvement and compliance. In her new job, Phelps is responsible for seeing that The Resource Center provides high-quality services and supports that ...

Small Businesses To Tackle Long List Of Challenges In 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses face a mix of old and new challenges as 2023 begins. A looming recession, still high (although easing) inflation and labor woes are some of issues carrying over from 2022 that small businesses will have to tackle. There are also new regulatory wrinkles, such as a proposed change in how to classify gig workers and more states requiring pay transparency. After three precarious pandemic years, what transpires in 2023 will make a big difference in whether small businesses across the country are able to stay afloat. RECESSION WORRIES In some ways, ...