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Showing posts with label debt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debt. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

'Purchase nothing' is one way some Americans are fighting back inflation and paying off debts

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No-buy challenges can help reduce debt. (Adobe Stock graphic) Faced with relentless inflation, some Americans have pledged to purchase nothi...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Aging populations and too few skilled workers has 42 states offering 'stay and we'll help you pay' student loan options

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Mandy Dwinell opted to stay in Vermont. (Photo by Oliver Parini, Hechinger) States with aging populations are enticing skilled workers to ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Some local governments show the way to slaying medical debt with federal relief money, for pennies on the dollar

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( Photo by Micheile dot com, Unsplash ) Do your local governments have some pandemic relief money that hasn’t been spent or appropriated? Pe...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Higher interest rates complicate life for many farmers

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Spring wheat was harvested in Kentucky to make way for a soybean crop. (Photo by Amrira Karaoud, Reuters) The short-term, variable-rate loan...
Tuesday, November 08, 2022

News-media roundup: Recession could be deadly for the newspaper industry; Alden drops its bid for Lee Enterprises

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A recession, which most economists think is likely next year, "could threaten the embattled newspaper industry, whose two highest cost ...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

USDA gives debt-ridden farmers $800 million to make them current on debt payments or clear tax refunds from IRS

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The Agriculture Department has given about $800 million in debt relief to more than 13,000 farmers as part of a $3.1 billion appropriation ...
Thursday, September 01, 2022

News-media roundup: Standout Iowa weekly sold to small chain; Gannett says it laid off 400 and cut 400 open slots ...

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Louie Mullen One of America's standout weekly newspapers , The North Scott Press of Eldridge, Iowa, near Davenport, is being sold ....
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Biden issues student debt relief; legal challenges likely; rural areas have higher debt rates; see state-level statistics

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President Biden announced today that he's canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for individuals who earn $125,000 or less per year or w...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

Many nursing homes sue residents' families, friends for debt

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"Pursuing unpaid bills, nursing homes across this industrial city have been routinely suing not only residents but their friends and fa...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Rural residents, especially in South, likelier to have medical debt; most Americans have had some in the last five years

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More than 100 million Americans, representing 41% of adults in the nation, have medical debt, and they are more likely to live in rural area...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Quick hits: Black farmers' debt-relief controversy illustrated; Sinclair boss says political division is good for his business; FCC chair: school buses should get pandemic funds for wi-fi

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Daily Yonder illustration by Nhatt Nichols Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should b...
Monday, March 21, 2022

Black farmers facing an under-researched mental-health crisis driven by debt, racism, and fear of displacement

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Unpredictable natural forces, financial risks, and pure physical exertion make farming one of the most stressful occupations in the nation. ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Studies show student debt can hurt communities, and averages 60% more in rural areas than the rest of the nation

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Percentage of income going to student loan payments in 2016 (Map is from this study .) A pair of new studies show how the burden of student...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Federal judge blocks USDA debt relief for minority farmers

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A Florida federal court issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking the Biden administration's program to forgive agricultural de...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Federal judge in Wisconsin blocks debt relief for farmers of color; says specific, intentional bias must be shown

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A federal judge in Wisconsin has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Agriculture from implementing the loan-fo...

Democratic senators file bill to forgive up to $250,000 in USDA debt owed by farmers with incomes under $300,000

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Resentment of the debt-relief measure for Black farmers could spur a new proposal by five Democratic senators that would forgive up to $250...
Thursday, June 03, 2021

Federal Reserve reports, graphs show farm economy robust

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Farm loan repayment rates (Federal Reserve charts) Farm loan repayment rates, along with the U.S. agricultural economy in general, are impro...
Monday, May 24, 2021

White farmers resent U.S. debt relief for farmers of color

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Shade Lewis (Photo by Needa Satam, NYT ) The $4 billion program to erase debts that farmers of color owe the federal government, created by ...
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

2021 USDA farm income forecast: cash receipts to rise, but lower direct federal aid expected to drive drop in net income

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Economic Research Service has published the first of three 2021 Farm Sector Income Forecasts. The...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

USDA temporarily suspends collections, garnishments, non-judicial foreclosures and other penalties on farm loans

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The Department of Agriculture  is temporarily suspending non-judicial foreclosures, debt offsets, wage garnishments and collections on past-...