Lauren Schuster is a MMJ/News Reporter based in Wilmington, North Carolina. She specializes in local news coverage, with a focus on education, mental health, and lifestyle topics. Lauren's work has been featured in various publications, including WECT News, Tasting Table, JD Supra, Yahoo News, and Food Republic.
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WELL DESERVED: Betty Fahlenkamp received the Jim Bridgefarmer Award at the annual Klickitat County Cattlemen’s Association dinner last month.
By: Lauren Schuster
The first event to kick off the annual Carolina Strawberry Festival in Wallace was a recipe contest with many sweet treats made from fresh NC strawberries.
By: Lauren Schuster
Wallace, North Carolina was once known as the world’s largest strawberry exchange, here's the history behind it.
By: Lauren Schuster
Rivermist, a band based out of Fayetteville, North Carolina explains their relationship and why they love what they do.
GOLDENDALE, Wash. — Schuster Herefords is a family ranch near Goldendale, Wash., raising Hereford cattle for several generations.
By: Sarah Sise, Colleen Essid, Austin Anderson, Filip Grzelak, Lauren Schuster
On April 16, 2024, the IRS released Notice 2024-35, extending the previously provided temporary relief from certain required minimum distribution...
By: Lauren Schuster, Sarah Sise, Austin Anderson, Colleen Essid, Filip Grzelak
Pursuant to provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), most employer-sponsored health plans must cover 100% of the cost of preventive care services...
By: Austin Anderson, Colleen Essid, Filip Grzelak, Lauren Schuster, Sarah Sise
In recent guidance published by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on April 16, 2024, the IRS has taken the position that work-life referral plans provided by employers are excludable from employee compensation and not subject to payroll taxes. In FAQs published in Fact Sheet FS-2024-13, IR 2024-110, the IRS indicated that work-life referral (WLR) services will be considered de minimis fringe benefits because such services are used infrequently by employees and only when an employee faces one of the specific challenges the program is designed to address.
By: Austin Anderson, Colleen Essid, Filip Grzelak, Lauren Schuster, Sarah Sise
In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released final rules that are intended to protect retirement savings from disloyal or dishonest recommendations from investment advisors. The new rules treat an investment advisor as a fiduciary if the investment advisor is paid (directly or indirectly) for investment advice and they reasonably appear to be making individualized investment recommendations to a retirement investor. For example, many investment firms that educate retirement plan participants and beneficiaries on rolling over 401(k) account balances to an investment firm’s IRAs or annuities may be considered fiduciaries under the new rules. If an employer engages an investment advisor for an ERISA retirement plan, the employer will need to understand and monitor when the investment advisor should be acting as a fiduciary.
The Tabor City North Carolina Yam Festival kicks off this Friday. The town was once known as the yam capitol of the world, or should we say sweet potato capitol of the world?
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