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In this article SNAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People shop at a 99 Cents store in Santa Monica, California, on Sept. 13, 2022. Apu Gomes | AFP | Getty Images Food stamp recipients may be in for a shock as temporary pandemic enhancements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expire, leading the average person
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U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Artist: Bill Hennessey The government’s top Supreme Court lawyer may have saved President Joe Biden‘s $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan from what experts considered all but certain defeat. Experts lobbed praise on Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the lawyer who represented the Biden administration in front of the nine justices
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Despite higher prices, consumers are still spending, although not as much as they were a year ago, which is giving their budgets some breathing room. As of January, 60% of all U.S. adults, including 45% of high-income earners, were living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new LendingClub report. That’s down from 64% a year earlier,
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A Jan. 2, 2023 protest in favor of federal student loan relief outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Larry French | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The Supreme Court will have the final say on President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. And yet, college affordability will remain an issue for years to
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Damir Khabirov If you’re eager to capture higher yields amid rising interest rates, you may consider a Treasury bill ladder, depending on your goals, according to financial experts. Backed by the U.S. government, Treasury bills, or T-bills, are widely considered a relatively safe asset, with terms of four weeks to 52 weeks. You receive the
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Supreme Court. Douglas Rissing | Istock | Getty Images The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday oral arguments over President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, starting off a decision-making process that will impact the balance sheets of tens of millions of Americans. The nine justices will consider two legal challenges to Biden’s plan to
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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Biden administration is currently blocked from carrying out its promise of canceling up to $20,000 in student debt for tens of millions of Americans while its relief plan heads to the Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the nine justices
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Citing inflationary pressures and sinking enrollment, more colleges are set to close in 2023. Already, Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota; Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, New York; Holy Names University in Oakland, California; and Living Arts College in Raleigh, North Carolina, announced they will shut down after the current academic year. The consequences of fewer students and less
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