June 17, 2025

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Loans

Here’s What You Can’t Use A Personal Loan To Pay For

When it comes to paying for large expenses like a costly home repair or a funeral, it can be tough to come up with all the money you’ll need to cover the bill — especially if your emergency fund can only get you so far. That’s where personal loans can come in. The money you

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Funds

New bill helps RCTC shift funds for new roof

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Minnesota State Legislature passed a bill Monday, allowing Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) to make preparations for a major construction project. The bill, H.F. 18, was passed as part of the larger special session of the state legislature. It allows RCTC to move previously appropriated funds towards the first

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Loans

Californians are late paying 18% of their student loans – The Mercury News

Despite the financial stress of Golden State life, Californians are relatively good at paying bills compared with the rest of the nation. Take student loans. In the first quarter of 2025, 18% of California student loans were late. That may seem like a stunningly high rate of skipped payments, but it’s the 10th lowest delinquency

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Loans

What’s in House Republicans’ Risk-Sharing Plan?

Under a new accountability measure recently proposed as part of a larger House budget bill, colleges would have to pay millions of dollars each year to reimburse the government for their students’ unpaid loans. The plan builds on an idea—known as risk-sharing—that lawmakers and policy analysts have been toying with since at least 2015. As

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Loans

Student loans have been confusing lately. Here’s a guide to know where you stand

NEW YORK — Between collections resuming, courts blocking student loan programs and layoffs at the Education Department, borrowers might be confused about the status of their student loans. Recently, the Education Department announced it would start involuntary collections on defaulted loans, meaning the roughly 5.3 million borrowers who are in default could have their wages

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Loans

A guide to student loans as the Education Department begins collections

NEW YORK (AP) — Between collections resuming, courts blocking student loan programs and layoffs at the Education Department, borrowers might be confused about the status of their student loans. Recently, the Education Department announced it would start involuntary collections on defaulted loans, meaning the roughly 5.3 million borrowers who are in default could have their

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Funds

Nearly 1,500 Lehigh Valley families wait to see if Head Start funds remain stable

Amanda Cruz doesn’t limit her conception of Head Start to federally funded preschool. For her, it means Franklin Park playgroups for her son, home visits for her daughter and community connections to things like a dentist and cooking classes. Head Start and Early Head Start are provided by Community Services for Children to Cruz and

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Loans

Default student loans sent to collections starting Monday

Trump administration begins sending default student loans to collections Starting Monday, the Education Department will resume reporting defaulted student loans to collections agencies, potentially affecting as many as 5 million borrowers. Updated: 5:20 AM CDT May 5, 2025 Washington Bureau Reporter The Department of Education will begin reporting defaulted student loans to collections agencies starting

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Finance

High schoolers will be required to learn personal finance if lawmakers pass bill

Balancing a budget, doing taxes, investing. All things many adults know how to do — but young people? Many aren’t so sure. There’s a bipartisan push to change that situation – but it’s run into some opposition in the mad dash to the end of the legislative session. HB 25-1192 would make one semester of

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Funds

State’s schools face potential loss of $232.1 million in federal funds, less than feared but still worrisome – Baltimore Sun

The good news is that the state’s schools are not going to lose $418 million in federal funding they feared was lost last month when federal officials abruptly announced they were clawing back unspent pandemic recovery funds. The bad news is that the state could still be out $232.1 million, the Maryland Board of Education

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