The political situation in Illinois is so dysfunctional that even Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and his wife appear to be on different sides right now.
The travel industry has worried that the Trump administration's travel ban and immigration policy would hurt visits to the United States. But the early figures show it's not happening yet.
My 23-year-old daughter works part-time and plans to go to graduate school in the near future. I want her to get an early start on saving for retirement, so I'm suggesting she open a Roth IRA account. Is this a good idea? And if she opens a Roth, how should she invest the money? -- M.L.
Our only debt is our home mortgage. We have 19 years left if we continue making payments as scheduled. I'm anxious to pay it off sooner, but also need to save for our kids' college (4 year old & 2 year old). Should we put 100% of our focus towards our kids' college, and ignore the mortgage? Or 50/50? Or knock out the mortgage as quick as possible and then ramp up college savings? -- Karen