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Keep your family and friends safe this holiday season. Be sure to share information and resources regarding the DUI laws in Arizona, and if a person does not have a reliable designated driver, make sure that there is money set aside for a taxi or ride-share service to safely enjoy the winter season.

These examples are a minute cross-section of the Mint’s greater corporate and social responsibility program. With everything we do, as a company and as an industry, we believe that giving back shouldn’t be rooted in responsibility, which can often be associated as a task or expectation, but rather in benevolence and a deeply ingrained desire to do good for those who are struggling.

If you choose to list your home for sale close to Christmas, be prepared to have fewer showings than if you wait until after New Year's. Ideally the second week of January provides a wonderful time for the seller to attract as many potential buyers as possible.

Happy holidays and I hope you all have a wonderful 2023 and we’ll see you next month.

I think the best thing about us is how much we love our pets. I’m not talking about the $260 billion we collectively spend on special beer and peticures (and that spelling is correct, that’s dog nail polish) for Fido every year.

The holidays should be a time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the new year while enjoying time with family and friends. If you keep these laws in mind, you’ll be sure to have a holiday full of joy, peace, laughter and light.

Hospice of the Valley already offers an in-home Supportive Care for Dementia program at no charge to family caregivers who are caring for loved ones — from pre-diagnosis through the early and middle stages of dementia. This new initiative focuses exclusively on medical professionals, equipping them with tools to help their patients manage early and moderate stages of the disease with knowledge and dignity.

Your instinct to help support charitable groups is a worthy one – and by getting some help, you can turn this impulse into actions that may work to everyone’s benefit.

While it’s nice to have these possible options in 2023, you can’t count on future COLA increases being as large. The jump in inflation in 2022 was due to several unusual factors, including pandemic-related government spending, supply shortages and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It’s quite possible, perhaps even likely, that inflation will subside in 2023, which, in turn, would mean a smaller COLA bump in 2024.

RSV symptoms are similar to those of the common cold and often mild in nature, but in rare instances the virus can cause more severe symptoms, especially in young children.