Savannah Peters

Backlogs hurt the holiday sales season in 2021. In some cases, shops still have to tell customers to wait for their favorite reads.

The CFPB says delinquencies and late fees add up and recommends tighter regulation of loans in line with the credit card industry.

Prescribed fires are supposed to burn excess fuels to help contain wildfires, but the U.S. Forest Service is adding stricter controls in light of a burn that got out of control in New Mexico.

The USDA is doling out about $3 billion to projects that provide incentives for sustainable farming and forestry practices.

In addition to overseeing the U.S. Mint and Fort Knox, Treasurer Lynn Malerba will run the Treasury's new Office of Tribal and Native Affairs.

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index ticked up in August, but only slightly.

The "I’d prefer a full-time gig, but I can’t find one” measure can give us a sense of how much slack or unmet potential there is in the labor market.

Several states in the West had 60 days to figure something out, and the government hasn't offered much guidance.

Rising costs and slower-growing incomes cut small town households’ discretionary income by 38% in the last year, pressuring a way of life.

Extreme weather events drive down cotton harvests and push up prices for the more scarce commodity.