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Portland’s facing a consequential budget year: With a $93 million deficit, mass layoffs, limits to public safety programs and the closure of beloved community spaces are all on the table. And the city is looking to members of the public to help them decide what to cut — and what to save — to keep the city running next year.

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.

This holiday shopping season is poised to break spending records. A new survey finds people plan to spend $771 on average.

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine graduates say school administration misled them into taking out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal student loans.

The state and federal free tax-filing software programs will be linked to make tax filing less of a painful experience

The Rogue Valley's largest school district is planning $7.5 million in cuts this year.

The typical Oregonian will receive about a $980 tax refund this year. As of Monday, only about half of the money put aside for the kicker had been paid out.

For the world of crypto, 2022 started with exuberance and ended with its unofficial spokesman in handcuffs.

Lebanon's banks froze accounts three years ago amid an economic collapse. Now, under increasingly desperate circumstances, people are resorting to extreme measures to access their savings accounts.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are plunging. Here's what to know about a market that just a few months ago was being touted as the future of finance.