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It's not entirely clear how many student loan borrowers are still having their refunds offset, but the lawsuit cites a statistic on the Treasury Department's website that appears to show that it has collected $18.8 million from about 11,000 tax refunds since April 1. … [Read more...] about Lawsuit accuses Trump administration of illegally seizing tax refunds from student loan borrowers

An expansion of who qualifies for unemployment insurance to include people who were furloughed, gig workers and freelancers. It included an increase in the unemployment payments by $600 per week for four months on top of what states provide as a base unemployment compensation, and extended the benefit to 13 weeks for people already collecting unemployment insurance.An additional $150 billion for hospitals, including $100 billion in grants that can be used by nursing homes, hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers scrambling for medical supplies such as face masks, gloves and ventilators.An inspector general to oversee $500 billion in loans the Treasury Department will distribute to industries affected by the pandemic and a new five-person congressional committee to conduct oversight of the federal government’s spending on the COVID-19 response. The original bill left it to the Treasury Department to determine which businesses got loans and allowed it to wait up to six … [Read more...] about Coronavirus stimulus: Pelosi predicts House will pass Senate bill with bipartisan support

Alas, those are reportedly curbed in the final GOP bill. Another hotly contested proposal — eliminating deductions for student loan interest payments — would rightly take the federal thumb off the scale to spend on schooling. Unfortunately, that deduction reportedly survives in the Republican compromise. … [Read more...] about Conservatives go against principles by meddling in education

There is no foolproof way to fully insulate college (or any other) savings from a rainy day when markets are volatile and trends are unfavorable. However, parents can plan ahead to stretch their hard-earned college savings as far as possible. Saving as dollar today is better than borrowing one tomorrow. … [Read more...] about Protect your college savings amid growing market turmoil

"You can take any disease process on the planet, and if you put it in a poor, underdeveloped, unsupported area, it's going to manifest and it's going to devastate that entire community," he says, "and that's what we're seeing here in the United States right now." … [Read more...] about A family on the front lines