Maine Compass: Let’s give Maine students the upper hand financially

Commentary: Need for greater public and private investment in higher education’s hidden costs

In Maine and across the nation, ‘invisible’ financial barriers hold back many low-income first-generation college students.

Maine Voices: The path to financial wellness is a personal journey

This is Financial Literacy Month, but evaluating your debt, talking to your kids about money and setting goals with your spouse can be done any time.

Commentary: Holiday gift returns choking retailers, landfills

Merchants won customers’ hearts with lenient refund policies. Now it’s backfiring, with dire financial and environmental results.

Commentary: $3-a-gallon gasoline isn’t as painful as it used to be

Greater fuel efficiency and higher wages mean drivers don’t have to work as many hours to fill their tanks.

The Maine Millennial: A generation’s failure to launch

Having a job and working hard should be enough to secure a place in the economy. They are not.

Maine Voices: The economics of search – the special case of buying a mattress

So many choices. So much information. Such great potential for buyer’s remorse. Who can a consumer trust?

The Maine Millennial: New love on the road

From Buxton to Brunswick and back every day, a new companion makes the trip more fun.

Maine Voices: Make financial wellness part of parenting

April is National Youth Financial Education Month and an opportunity to talk with your kids about money management and good financial habits.

The Maine Millennial: The wisdom of my grammy and Cardi B

Two women who wouldn’t seem to have much in common shared an understanding about money, power and men.