April 19, 2024
Loans

Biden Administration forgives $7.5B in student loans, criticism ensues | News

For the second time this week, the Biden Administration announced it’s wiping out more student loans. More than a quarter million borrowers will get an email from the White House Friday telling them their debt is canceled, totaling $7.5 billion. But critics say the handout is unfair to those who paid off their loans and

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Mortgage

Our tiny home was perfect & meant we could go mortgage free but then we got knock at door threatening eviction

A COUPLE striving to achieve their goal of living in a tiny home has hit a major roadblock. In 2015, Michael and Ann Brown faced eviction after county officials came knocking. Michael Brown lives mortgage-free with his wife, Ann, in their Chesterfield, Virginia homeCredit: WTVR The couple lives in a tiny home in their backyardCredit:

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Funds

FBI headquarters funding draws sharp backlash from conservatives

Hard-line conservatives are fuming over a bipartisan government funding deal that includes dollars for construction of a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The proposal was inside the sweeping $1.2 trillion government funding package congressional leaders rolled out on early Thursday, as Congress works to avert a shutdown this weekend.  The bill would put $200

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Funds

Virginia state Senate budget proposal strips funding for new arena – NBC4 Washington

Virginia’s legislators are preparing to face off over the plan to build a new arena in the Potomac Yard area of Alexandria and move the Washington Capitals and Wizards across the Potomac River. Lawmakers in Virginia’s House of Delegates and Senate money committees introduced their respective budget proposals over the weekend. Only the House proposal

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Property

What Richmond blames for 66,000 personal property tax bill mistakes

RICHMOND, Va. — Personal property taxes are the second largest local revenue source for the City of Richmond, generating approximately 12% of the City’s revenue. In May, CBS 6 reported that the City had wrongly assessed the value of thousands of motor vehicles. Local News Mistake impacts thousands of Richmond taxpayers 6:17 PM, May 24,

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