October 16, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Let The Game of Whack-A-Mole Begin: Feds Put Forward New Payday Rules

Rina Risper010 mins

 

Photo by istockphoto
New rules put forward by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would have a major impact on the high-cost loan industry. But if history is any guide, lenders will quickly find some loopholes.
 
 

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The Kid’s Doctor: Warm ups, more practice help curb sports injuries

Rina Risper05 mins

 

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

 
  The spring sports season heralds the arrival of baseball, softball, track and field. This also means kids need to be prepared to play.  

 

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Help is Available for Veterans

Rina Risper03 mins

 Did you know that approximately 60% of men and 50% of women experience at least one traumatic event.  Of those who do, about 8% of men and 20% of women will develop PTSD.  For events like combat and sexual assault, these rates are even higher.  As of September 2014, there are about 2.7 million American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars. 

 

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Movie: Tomorrowland

Rina Risper06 mins

 

 Studio:  Walt Disney Pictures (1 hr. 47 min.)

Plot:     Bound by a shared destiny, a former boy-genius and an optimistic teen embark on a dangerous mission to a futuristic city.

Cast:     George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Tim McGraw, Keegan-Michael Key, Kathryn Hahn

Rating:     PG

 

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Excuse me, are you listening? 14-10

Rina Risper014 mins

 

Dear Readers,

 
Why wait to create a bucket list?  A bucket list is a list of all of the goals you want to fulfill, dreams that you have and what you want to experience in your life before you leave this earth.  On May 15, 2015, I rode in the Pride Ride 2015 on a motorcycle.  It was my first time.  I am grateful that I rode.
 

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TAX SOLUTIONS: PayPal and eBay Sales Can Cause Problems

Rina Risper05 mins

 

By  A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.

Over the last few years, taxpayers that use PayPal and eBay to sell goods are getting a strange form.  The form is 1099-K, Payment Card and Third Party Network Transactions.  Don’t ignore this form.  You may be in for a big surprise if you do.

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Financial Focus: What’s Your Financial Health Score?

Rina Risper07 mins

 

Can a 5-question test predict how wealthy you will become? 
 
Provided by Jose Yanez
    
In the future, will you become wealthier or poorer? Who knows, right? It seems like you would need a crystal ball to really answer that question given life’s up and downs. What if the answer is right in front of you? What if you can determine it from your present financial behaviors? 
   

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Interpersonal Edge: Become your own executive coach

Rina Risper05 mins

 

 
By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Content Agency
 
  Q: I’m often my own worst enemy. Especially when I face challenges, I speak to myself in really mean-spirited ways. Then I end up feeling resentful and doing nothing. How can I break this vicious cycle?

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Jill on Money: No interest rate relief for savers

Rina Risper07 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
  As expected, when the Federal Reserve concluded its most recent two-day policy meeting, the central bankers decided to keep short-term interest rates at zero to one-quarter of a percent, which is where they have been since December 2008. In fact, it has been almost eight years (June 2006) since the Fed last increased interest rates.

 

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