Open judicial seats don’t come around often, so when the opportunity strikes, candidates who can afford it pour a lot of their own money into campaigns. Campaign finance reports show that to be the case in the two courts of appeals Republican primaries in the Mahoning Valley for open seats. First,
The path to student loan forgiveness has been tumultuous at best, and some borrowers eligible for relief may have missed a key deadline to consolidate their student loans. Borrowers had until April 30, 2024, to consolidate their federal student loans into one Direct Loan to help maximize their student debt relief. While you can still
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – The Housing Trust Fund Ventura County announced the approval of $12 million in loans for 492 new affordable housing units in Ventura County. Ventura County, CA – Housing Trust Fund Ventura County (Housing Trust Fund VC) announces $12,000,000 in loan commitments approved by its Board of Directors. Seven million of the
People seeking student loan forgiveness are becoming easy targets for scammers who promise to wipe out their debts in exchange for processing fees and upfront payments. The Federal Trade Commission calls it a crime, and it adds that this type of scam is increasing at an alarming rate.“I just want my refund,” complained Celina Leung.Leung
The U.S. Department of Transportation Wednesday announced its first-ever Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act loan for a transit-oriented development project. The loan marks the first of what’s likely to be several similar loans from the USDOT’s Build America Bureau, which supports transportation development with a variety of financing structures, including public-private partnerships and private
The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reminds agricultural producers that farm loan programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart agriculture practices. Many that can build on practices that farmers and ranchers already use, like cover cropping, nutrient management and conservation tillage. Climate-smart agricultural practices generate significant environmental benefits by capturing
College students in different parts of the United States have been protesting the war in Gaza, holding demonstrations and encampments on campus to demand a ceasefire and an end to investments in companies linked to Israel. In some universities, like Columbia in New York, the police have been called in to remove protesters from the
Republicans are sensing a new opening to attack the Biden administration for its nearly $160 billion in student loan debt cancellation as pro-Palestinian protests on elite college campuses across the country spawn images of chaos and, in some cases, destruction. The protests have spread nationwide since an encampment at Columbia University sprouted two weeks ago.
Several Chicago-area residents were left wondering if a popular home-flipping business was a bad business model or a Ponzi scheme as iFLIP Chicago has been targeted in several lawsuits, accusing the company of luring inexperienced investors into predatory loans. The loans have led to financially devastating consequences for dozens of families in the Chicago area.
A South Windsor mother took a bank up on its offer to refinance her loan. She was thrilled to pay a lower interest rate toward her son’s college education. That is until she started getting bills for a second loan. Paula Thantaha said she spent months and countless hours on the phone going back-and-forth with