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Paula Ebben
Verified
Co-Anchor, WBZ News Mornings, WBZ-TV (Boston, MA)
Boston
Beats
Middle East , U.S. Politics, Intelligence , Justice, Human Rights , Security, Religion
Content
By Paula Ebben Verified| WBZ-TV (Boston, MA) Verified What would happen if the U.S. stopped making pennies? President Trump wants the Treasury Department to stop making new pennies. Only Congress has the power to do that, but what would happen if the United States got rid of the one-cent coin? The U.S. Mint said it lost $85.3 million last year minting 3.2 billion new pennies. The agency said it costs 3.7 cents to make a one-cent coin. To see just how devalued the penny is these days, WBZ-TV conducted an experiment.
By Paula Ebben Verified| WBZ-TV (Boston, MA) Verified As the cost of higher education continues to rise, a Massachusetts teenager is forging a new way forward for the growing number of young people turning to trade schools. It follows the Healey administration's move in February to overhaul how trade schools admit new students by implementing a lottery system for trade schools with waitlists. A passion for weldingYou won't find many teenage girls with a passion for welding, but the trades have always been a way of life for 17-year-old Riley McKnight.
By Paula Ebben Verified| WBZ-TV (Boston, MA) Verified What would happen if the U.S. stopped making pennies? President Trump wants the Treasury Department to stop making new pennies. Only Congress has the power to do that, but what would happen if the United States got rid of the one-cent coin? The U.S. Mint said it lost $85.3 million last year minting 3.2 billion new pennies. The agency said it costs 3.7 cents to make a one-cent coin. To see just how devalued the penny is these days, WBZ-TV conducted an experiment.
Company Info
WBZ-TV (Boston, MA)