Rachel Dobkin is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on politics. Rachel joined Newsweek in October 2023. She is a graduate of The State University of New York at Oneonta.

Consumer Affairs has ranked the best places to live in the Midwest, so it's time to be simultaneously proud and affronted. The journal says that Americans who are relocating are still moving to the ...

Several locations in the Midwest, including a handful of Chicago suburbs ranked high on a new list of the "safest and wealthiest" cities in the U.S., with one Chicago suburb landing in the top spot on ...

The Kansas City metro has new bragging rights, after being ranked second on a list of the 10 most affordable cities with high salaries and low cost of living in the Midwest by The Motley Fool. The ...

Iowa is home to one of the most affordable cities in the Midwest. The Motley Fool, an investment guidance website, ranked the 10 most affordable cities with high salaries and low cost of living in the ...

But in some markets, especially in popular cities where the housing shortage remains acute, this phenomenon has not taken place. Of the 12 metropolitan areas where homes are selling fastest, six are ...