Last month was Financial Planning Month, and as the year comes to an end, one event aims to help high schoolers in Arizona learn how to better manage their money. The "Bite of Reality" fairs across the West engage high schoolers by assigning them a persona and students then having to create a budget accordingly. Sarae Bay, assistant vice president and manager director with the GoWest Foundation, said her organization works with credit unions in Arizona and help sponsor the fairs. .
First-generation college students face a host of expectations and challenges - and that s why New Mexico State University will spotlight their accomplishments this month. First-gen students account for about one-third of the NMSU student population. Rosa De La Torre-Burmeister, advising technology assistant director, says parents, siblings and other family members of first-generation students often are overwhelmed with pride. .
About 300 young adults leaving foster care in California will now receive a monthly check to help them make ends meet, part of the state s first guaranteed income program. Some 150 people in Ventura will receive $1,000 a month and another 150 in San Francisco will receive $1,200 dollars a month, with no strings attached. Sen. .
Minnesota announced this week it has joined a multistate lawsuit against Facebook s parent company Meta, over claims of addictive social media features harming teens. It coincides with growing research about teens and gambling. Serena King, professor and chair of psychology at Hamline University, has been working with the Minnesota Alliance on Problem Gambling to analyze results from the most recent Minnesota Student Survey while the legal action plays out. .
In a special holiday edition of Stuffed, hosts Columbus Guyo, Ife Alaba and Farai Gwasira are facing off to see who construct the best gingerbread in front of a panel of experts. They've got about 15 years of experience when it comes to Christmas and sweets and believe us, they don't sugarcoat things.