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What you need to know about $300B college debt bailout plan

President Biden has announced his plan to have taxpayers cover $300 billion of outstanding college debt for millions of borrowers. Under the proposal, the administration would pay $10,000 to people earning $125,000 or couples earning $250,000. Borrowers who qualified for Pell Grants from ...

Remembering Little League baseball’s Civil War

Little League Baseball’s civil war was fought in the South in 1955 — almost a hundred years after the Civil War — after White teams refused to take the field against Black teams in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education the previous year that ruled ...

Rail labor dispute could add steam to inflation concerns

Rail keeps America’s economy moving, industry advocates say, and higher labor costs could make the moving more costly, adding to inflation. So perhaps it’s no surprise the Biden administration has intervened in a labor dispute in the rail industry. The question now is, will it help keep ...

HOLY COW! HISTORY: The veep who didn’t go to D.C.

Remember the James Stewart classic “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”? A political rookie is appointed U. S. senator out of the blue and then — spoiler alert! — goes to Washington. Nearly 170 years ago, a man became vice president of the United States without going to Washington. He never ...

New Senate bill brings real inflation relief to consumers

President Biden promised that the exorbitant prices resulting from the pandemic weren’t here to stay, saying, “Most of the price increases we have seen are expected to be temporary.” One year later, the president and his administration have somehow managed to drive the inflation rate up ...