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Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
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.

More deals, more spending: What Black Friday has in store
This holiday shopping season is poised to break spending records. A new survey finds people plan to spend $771 on average.
With deep debt and low-paying jobs, Portland alternative medicine graduates say their degrees will never pay off
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine graduates say school administration misled them into taking out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal student loans.

Oregon is first state to join free filing option for federal taxes
The state and federal free tax-filing software programs will be linked to make tax filing less of a painful experience

Medford School District announces $15 million budget shortfall over next two years
The Rogue Valley's largest school district is planning $7.5 million in cuts this year.

It’s Tax Day, and the Oregon kicker means good news for most filers
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.

2022 was the year crypto came crashing down to Earth
For the world of crypto, 2022 started with exuberance and ended with its unofficial spokesman in handcuffs.

People in Lebanon are robbing banks and staging sit-ins to access their own savings
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.

Why cryptocurrencies have gone from the next hot thing to a full-on meltdown
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.

4 things to know as cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (and stablecoins) melt down
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being caught up in the storm impacting all kinds of markets, including stocks. The plunge in a type of crypto called TerraUSD is raising special concern.