Here's how much more you'll be paying for food in 2022, according to USDA estimates

The USDA’s Food Price Outlook estimates that prices at the grocery store will increase by 5%-6% in 2022. Overall, food prices were 8.8% higher in March 2022, compared to a year prior.

Pediatrician's plea to parents: Do NOT make your own baby formula

Amid today's baby formula shortage, Dr. Sarah Adams of Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio warned parents away from homemade options.

Seattle city leaders celebrate Washington's Small Business Person of the Year

Mayor Bruce Harrell along with several city leaders gathered Thursday at Boon Boona Coffee to celebrate its owner, who is this year’s Washington Small Business Person of the Year.

Fed raises interest rates by half-point, the most since 2000

The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to curb the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point.

Biden highlights deficit progress to counter criticism on US economy

The president is placing a renewed emphasis on reducing the deficit — which is the gap between what the nation spends and what it takes in — in order to blunt Republican criticism.

US economy shrank by 1.4% in Q1 despite solid consumer spending

Despite the weak showing, most economists expect a rebound in the April-June quarter as solid hiring and wage gains sustain growth.

Explainer: How cryptocurrencies work — and how they don't

For all the buzz around cryptocurrencies, relatively few are well versed in them. Here’s a look at what they are, how they work, and their pitfalls and potential.

Violent robberies at pot shops fuel new efforts for federal marijuana banking reform

The amount of armed robberies at pot shops in the region is surging, and so is the fear among the people trying to work and protect them—especially after a deadly robbery in Tacoma.

Thousands may have student debt that should have been forgiven, report finds

A new federal report finds that record-keeping failures by the Education Department may have left thousands of Americans stuck with student debt that should have been forgiven.