In today’s rundown: A free financial education event that you can sign up for. Plus, a look ahead at the 2012 elections and what they might mean for women nationwide.
— Capital Area Asset Builders, a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner, is sponsoring a free financial education event this weekend. The Moneywise Empowerment Tour will feature panel discussions, financial planning and credit coaching. For more information on Saturday’s event, click here.
— 2012 could be a critical year for women in Congress and what happens to them will impact women nationwide, says The Huffington Post‘s Amanda Terkel. Terkel also outlines why it’s important to have increased representation of women in Congress.
— Concerns about the economy are keeping companies from hiring locally, and that sent unemployment in the Washington region up in September, reports The Washington Post. The paper takes a deeper look at new Labor Department numbers and the impact on the region.
