Kansas maintains an affordability advantage with a cost of living 12.5% below the U.S. average. The state offers a variety of living environments, from its vast flat plains to the rolling Flint Hills.

Put simply, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is a "change in benefits based on changes in the prices of goods and services, ...

Just one in three Americans approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the cost of living in the U.S., a sign of unease as he enacts steep tariffs on imports that are stoking inflation worries, a ...

Well into the late 19th century, the U.S. retail sector was overwhelmingly local, consisting of small, independent merchants ...

Most low-income households had to make high-risk changes to their finances to cope with the cost of living crisis, according ...