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☆ Student-loan borrowers have a new safeguard in place to ensure their debt doesn't pile up once they graduate
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Education Department released its final version of the gainful employment rule. AdvertisementAdvertisementPresident Joe Biden's Education Department has released its final rule to keep student debt from spiraling after a borrower graduates. On Wednesday, the Education Department announced its final version of the gainful employment rule. However, advocates and Democratic lawmakers have previously pushed for a strengthened gainful employment rule to protect borrowers. This includes the most effective gainful employment rule in history," Cardona said.

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Education James Kvaal, Jason Altmire, Altmire, Aaron Ament, Miguel Cardona, " Cardona Organizations: Education Department, Service, Joe Biden's Education Department, Education, Education Colleges, Universities —, Department, Democratic, Student Defense

Tipton, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump, blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the $15 minimum wage in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, states that last year filed a lawsuit challenging the executive order. The minimum wage under federal law is $7.25 an hour, though many states set higher minimums. Four states and several cities have a minimum wage of at least $15. Only Congress can set minimum wages and adopt other employment policies unless it specifically grants those powers to federal agencies, Tipton wrote. In January, a federal judge in Arizona dismissed a similar challenge to Biden's executive order by five other Republican-led states.

Persons: Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Drew Tipton, Donald Trump, Biden, Tipton, Lynn Fitch, Daniel Wiessner, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: Moffett Federal, REUTERS, District, Democratic, Republican, U.S, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Mountain View , California, U.S, Texas, Victoria, Tipton, Texas , Louisiana, Mississippi, Arizona, Albany , New York

☆ Germany to halve federal aid for refugees next year - sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Migrants who were found in a van by police during their patrol along the German-Polish border to prevent illegal migration, gather near Forst, Germany, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Germany plans to halve the federal aid it allocates for states to cover expenses of receiving and integrating refugees next year as part of budget-tightening amid soaring inflation after years of generous spending, sources told Reuters on Monday. The federal government did not promise that it will match 2023 funding in the following years. The government will eliminate its contribution to the costs of caring for and integrating Ukrainian refugees as well, the sources added. ($1 = 0.9447 euros)Reporting by Andreas Rinke Writing by Riham Alkousaa and Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Andreas Rinke, Riham Alkousaa, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Forst, Germany, Ukraine, Berlin

☆ Hot girl summer is about to come to a crashing halt, and winter is coming for women
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Emily Canal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This year's hot girl summer was led by the women who propped up the US economy. The aid has been funding childcare for the past two years, which helps keep many moms working. The study polled 3,661 women and 1,144 men between November 19, 2020, and December 17, 2020. Simultaneously, if childcare centers closed, working women would bear the brunt — in a 2020 report, the National Women's Law Center found that 95% of childcare workers were women . AdvertisementAdvertisementParents, experts, and lawmakers have previously told Insider how vital childcare is to working parents.

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☆ Student-loan payments are resuming the same day the government could shut down. Here's what that means for borrowers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A shutdown would coincide with the first day federal student-loan payments are set to resume. If not, Americans will face a government shutdown on October 1, which also happens to be the same day federal student-loan payments resume. All that could be much worse if the Education Department shuts down at the same time payments are supposed to start up. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter over three years on pause, federal borrowers will start footing an extra monthly bill as early as October 1. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Education Department has said it remains in frequent contact with servicers to ensure a smooth transition back into repayment.

Persons: —, servicers Organizations: Education Department, Service, Sunday, Republicans, Management, Federal Student, Education, Department Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Why America is on strike: writers, auto workers, and actors
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —The United Auto Workers strike isn’t happening in a vacuum. From Hollywood writers to nurses, factory workers, and Starbucks baristas, thousands of workers have gone on strike in recent months to demand higher pay and improved benefits and working conditions. Members of the United Auto Workers union line up to enter a membership meeting in advance of the September 14 expiration of their union contract with Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors on September 10, 2023, Detroit, Michigan. Workers gained power during the pandemic as Covid-19 cast a spotlight on essential workers’ sacrifices and the vast disparities among America’s workforce. A striking SAG-AFTRA member pickets with other SAG-AFTRA members and striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) workers outside Warner Bros.

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☆ Weakening storm Lee bears down on New England and Canada with still-dangerous winds, heavy rains
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Storm Lee toppled trees and cut power to tens of thousands Saturday as it began lashing New England and eastern Canada, threatening hurricane-force winds, dangerous surf and torrential rains as its center spun closer. Severe conditions were predicted across parts of Massachusetts and Maine, and hurricane conditions could hit the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In Maine, the nation's most heavily forested state, the ground was saturated and trees were already weakened by heavy summer rains. A tropical storm warning stretched from the New Hampshire-Maine border through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to northern New Brunswick. Utilities reported nearly 200,000 customers without power from Maine to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Persons: Storm Lee, Todd Foisy, Foisy, Joe Biden, Prince Edward Island Organizations: U.S ., Atlantic Canada, National Weather Service, U.S, National Hurricane Center, Utilities, Halifax Stanfield International Locations: England, Canada, Massachusetts, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, U.S, Eastport , Maine, Halifax, Nova, Scotia, New Hampshire, Prince, Nova Scotia's

☆ Elon Musk calls for federal department of AI after Capitol Hill summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives for a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. Tesla CEO Elon Musk called for a federal department of artificial intelligence in a conversation with reporters following a Capitol Hill summit that featured high-profile tech leaders, activists and researchers. "I think this meeting could go down in history as important to the future of civilization," Musk told reporters after the summit. Musk thought it's likely the federal AI department could operate similarly to the Federal Aviation Administration or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, adding that those in the space had to be "proactive while reactive." There has been little news from within the company, but Musk has made repeated public statements that AI development must have strong guardrails.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Tesla, Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, it's Organizations: U.S, Senate, Intelligence, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Google, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission Locations: Washington ,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new round of money to keep the nation’s child care industry afloat, saying thousands of programs are at risk of closing when federal pandemic relief runs out this month. Without a new lifeline, child care programs serving millions of families could close or increase prices. A June report from The Century Foundation found that without additional money, about 70,000 child care programs would probably have to shut down after this month. The average annual price for U.S. child care in 2022 was $10,800 per child, according to Child Care Aware of America, a nonprofit advocacy group. President Joe Biden has called for expanded child care support, but his biggest proposal stalled amid a polarized Congress and Democratic infighting.

Persons: ”, Sen, Patty Murray, Bernie Sanders of, Catherine Clark of, Cynthia Davis, Davis, “, Joe Biden, Clark Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, American, Republican, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, The Century Foundation, D.C, Department of Health, Human Services, Century Foundation, Democratic, Democratic holdouts, Congress, Associated Press, Foundation, AP Locations: Catherine Clark of Massachusetts, . Arkansas , Montana , Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, Washington ,, America

☆ Some 70,000 child-care providers may close as federal aid ends, report finds. What that means for parents
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Child care 'is a public good'Experts say that systemic change, such as broader parental leave and more public funding for child care, must be involved in order for child care to improve at a larger scale. The national annual cost of child care was about $10,853 for one child in 2022, the organization Child Care Aware of America found. In 2023, 67% of parents reported to spend 20% or more of their household income on child care, Care.com found. Use the benefits you have availableYour workplace may have some options to help you find care, such as backup care providers or on-site child care. Meanwhile, California, Colorado, Hawaii and New Mexico passed laws to provide universal preschool in the past year.

Persons: Lauren Rosenberg, Taryn Morrissey, Morrissey, Care.com, Katherine Gallagher Robbins Organizations: Portland Press Herald, Getty, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, American University, U.S . Department of Labor, D.C, Strong, Society for Human Resource Management, District of Columbia, The National Partnership for Women, Washington, Washington , D.C, National Institute for Early Education Research Locations: Portland , Maine, Hamilton, America, Washington, U.S, California , Colorado , Connecticut, Delaware , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts, Minnesota , New Jersey , New York , Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington ,, Florida , Iowa , Oklahoma , Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Georgia , Illinois, Maine, New York, , California , Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico

“All our hard work burned,” Rosales told The Associated Press in an interview conducted in Ilocano, her native language. “There is nothing left.”The disaster has prompted fears about what will become of Lahaina’s community and character as it rebuilds. As their descendants and successive generations of immigrants have settled, they have become deeply ingrained in the community’s culture. He has been counseling groups of Filipinos staying in hotels, even celebrating Mass in a hotel reception room. Since then, she has become a community advocate and is president of Binhi at Ani, “Seed and Harvest,” which operates Maui’s only Filipino community center.

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☆ The Great College Pricing Sham
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( James S. Murphy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

I use quotation marks, because merit aid is granted to half the students at public colleges and 84% at private colleges. Today the average merit-aid discount at private colleges is $23,000 — leaving the student to cover the remaining $30,000 or $40,000. At four-year public colleges, tuition now accounts for 52% of operational revenue, versus 48% from state funding. To make college more accessible, we need to make greater public investments — at both the state and federal levels — in higher education. James S. Murphy is a higher education policy analyst at Education Reform Now.

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There are so many since wildfires killed 115 people in the historic town of Lahaina that Olsten is worried about a full-blown economic catastrophe. The day after the fire, the Hawaii Tourism Authority, a quasi-state agency, said visitors on “non-essential travel are being asked to leave Maui” and that "non-essential travel to Maui is strongly discouraged." People shouldn't go to Lahaina or the surrounding West Maui area — “It’s not a place to stare," Bissen said — but the rest of Maui needs tourists. The Hawaii Tourism Authority drafted and publicized a map showing Lahaina and West Maui in relation to the rest of the island, highlighting just how much was still open. It's not clear, however, when travel to West Maui will resume.

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☆ A Summer of Strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Molly Cook Escobar | Christine Zhang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

A Summer of Strikes Work stoppages in the United States this year could reach heights rarely seen in recent decades. “Those are not just the big strikes that are in the news, but there are many smaller strikes across every industry,” said Kate Bronfenbrenner, a senior lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Some, like Dr. Bronfenbrenner, see the resurgence of strikes and union organizing as a lasting trend. Surveys have shown increased public support for unions in recent years, she said, even as private sector union membership remains low. “When you have large strikes that are like waves across the country, they are contagious,” said Dr. Bronfenbrenner.

Persons: Jan, Ed, Ruth, Ronald Reagan, Joseph A, Reagan, McCartin, ”, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Bronfenbrenner Organizations: SAG, Verizon, General Motors, Railway, The New York Times, Hollywood, United Parcel Service, United Auto Workers, Ford Motor, City University of New York’s Graduate Center and School of Labor, Urban Studies, Gallup, Georgetown University, “, Union, Mining, Arts, Retail, Public, Agriculture, Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations Locations: United States, McCartin, walkouts

☆ Opinion: DeSantis’ snub of Biden in Florida shows why he’s bad at politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the devastation from Hurricane Idalia. But a White House official told CNN the governor hadn’t raised that issue when the president told him of his visit before announcing it publicly. Of course, those concerns were apparently not an issue when DeSantis welcomed Biden to the state to survey past calamities. For example, in 2021, after the deadly condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, Biden and DeSantis came together as the president toured the damage. And it’s really important.”Just last year, again Biden and DeSantis publicly toured the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian in October.

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☆ Hurricane Idalia forces Biden and Ron DeSantis to get along — at least a little bit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Henry J. Gomez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Chris Christie in the eye of a political hurricane. It's a striking difference from a year ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, when DeSantis joined Biden on his tour of the state. But DeSantis' hurricane leadership has reflected positively on him in the past. The DeSantis campaign, grounded in Tallahassee this week, signaled that it sees such opportunities. Christina Pushaw, DeSantis' combative rapid response director, shared on social media Friday a Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "Hurricane Ron DeSantis."

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☆ Russia sees biggest drone assault on its own territory since invading Ukraine, as Kyiv strikes back through the skies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Rob Picheta Anna Chernova Olga Voitovych | Rob Picheta | Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Kyiv has not experienced such a powerful attack since spring,” Serhii Popko, the head of the city’s Military Administration, said on Telegram. The governor of Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, said air defenses thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on a television tower early on Wednesday. Russian state news agency TASS reported that “as a result of drone attacks four Il-76 aircraft were damaged,” in Pskov. Ukraine stepped up its evacuations of children from the frontline town of Kupiansk on Tuesday, as Russian forces continued to bear down on the battered city. The Ukrainian military says that its forces have made further progress in a part of the southern front, towards the villages of Novodanylivka and Verbove.

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☆ Racist housing practices left Minneapolis with an extreme heat problem. Now, the city is rushing to reverse the lasting effects of environmental racism.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Dearbea Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The city hopes to rectify its history of environmental racism with a new Climate Equity Plan. It was also the only place Black people were allowed to purchase housing in the city. For all these reasons, previously redlined neighborhoods suffer from extreme heat. After years of outcry from activists, the city council submitted a new draft of a 10-year plan, titled the Minneapolis Climate Equity Plan, soliciting public comments. Earlier this year, Portland passed its 43-Step Climate Action Plan, which has similar objectives to the Minneapolis plan.

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☆ Opinion | A Legacy of Colonialism Set the Stage for the Maui Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Yarimar Bonilla | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Hawaii residents, like Puerto Ricans, who faced disasters before them, are not asking to be saved. They ask only to be allowed to help themselves in the face of failing emergency services and federal aid. But the entrenched vulnerabilities produced by colonialism are not so easily overcome. For example, some residents have been begging tourists to stay away as the community recovers. It will only worsen if weeks of absent federal aid turn into months of bureaucratic labyrinths and endless red tape, as has happened so often.

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CNN —Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said he warned Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin twice to watch out for threats to his life. “The first time was when I phoned him and negotiations (were taking) place while they were marching on Moscow,” Lukashenko told reporters in comments carried by Belarusian state news agency Belta on Friday. The Belarusian president said he suggested to Prigozhin that he could talk with Putin and “guarantee full security” in Belarus if he was concerned for his security, Belta reported. On Friday, the Kremlin said that examinations including genetic testing were underway to determine whether Prigozhin was killed in Wednesday’s plane crash. Russian authorities have yet to officially confirm Prigozhin’s death but have acknowledged the plane crash in public comments.

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☆ Did Putin kill Prigozhin? It's one of 3 possible explanations Russia watchers came up with for the deadly plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead after his plane crashed on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if Prigozhin was on the downed plane, though his name was on the flight manifest. Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian President Vladimir Putin in happier times — a 2010 tour of a school lunch factory outside Saint Petersburg. Following the Wednesday plane crash, US President Joe Biden suggested Putin could be behind the crash in comments to reporters. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the early hours following the plane crash, some on social media considered the possibility that Prigozhin had somehow faked his death, perhaps sending a double in his place.

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☆ A video claiming to show Prigozhin's jet plummeting from the sky and the plane's fiery wreckage could be starting points for an investigation into the crash — if a fair investigation is possible, avia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On Wednesday, Russian officials said Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash. Photos on social media have also surfaced showing a fiery wreckage at the crash site. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia's Federal Air Transport Agency claimed on Wednesday that the bodies of the 10 deceased passengers were retrieved from the crash site, signaling a moving investigation. "In early stages, the most important thing is to get on scene and secure the wreckage, so that it can't be tampered with," Brickhouse told Insider. Brickhouse added that the crash site, engulfed in flames, could point to a plane that went down with a full gas tank.

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CNN —Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed northwest of Moscow, killing all 10 on board, according to Russian state media. The bodies of eight people have been found at the crash site, state media outlet Russia 24 reported. Earlier, TASS reported the plane “burned up” on impact after being in the air for about half an hour. One of two Wagner planesVideo published by Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti showed a plane falling out of the sky with one wing missing. A separate video, also released by RIA Novosti, purports to show plane engine debris at the crash site.

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☆ Biden heading to Maui to meet with wildfire survivors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/8] U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden board a plane as they depart for Maui from Reno, Nevada, U.S., August 21, 2023. "It’s going to be an emotional day for everyone," White House spokesperson Olivia Dalton told reporters on Air Force One. Biden, who is seeking reelection in 2024, has been criticized by some Republicans and others for his initial response to the Maui fires. Biden said on Aug. 10 he would expand federal aid to Hawaii and promised help to anyone who needed it. Biden himself said he did not want to travel to Maui until he was assured he would not interfere with emergency response efforts.

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☆ ‘I’ve had this black cloud looming over me’: How private lenders have left millions of college students with no hope for the future
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

We both do DoorDash, and probably when those federal student loans start up, it'll be more of a necessity to do that." While private debt makes up just about 10% of the $1.7 trillion student-debt mountain in the US — about $136 billion — the industry has exploded over the past decade: the amount of outstanding private debt has jumped an estimated 47% since 2014. "Regardless, the student loan debt that was supposed to be an investment in their futures is dragging them down." To be sure, some private servicers do disclose benefits private borrowers could lose should they choose to refinance. Moran said he didn't regret taking out private student loans because it allowed him to pursue his desired nursing career.

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