The need for a penny has long been questioned, but some fear getting rid of it could push up prices.

Although its face value is close to zero, the penny is priceless as a bit of Americana.

Key Points ・The U.S. Mint will no longer produce pennies due to rising costs, as each penny costs more than two cents to ...

The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.

For years, Missouri lawmakers have tried to make teaching cursive a requirement, but concerns regarding technology and additional testing continue to stall efforts to pass bills.

Billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has a new target in its sights for trimming federal spending: the U.S. penny. In Tuesday X post, Musk's DOGE wrote that the U.S. spends ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – America’s premiere record-keeping department is looking for volunteers who are familiar with the dying art of cursive handwriting. The National Archives has around 300 ...

In 2010, the newly established Common Core State Standards program, which outlines skills and knowledge students should acquire between kindergarten and high school, did not include cursive in its ...

Beyond the current project, which is focused on Revolutionary-Era documents, volunteers can also help transcribe more modern texts in cursive, such as listed names from the 1950 census.

She was also the assistant secretary of education for Delaware. Trump initially gave Schwinn's first name as Peggy but corrected it to Penny in a subsequent post.