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Contrary to reports, student loan forgiveness in Va. won't cause tax hikes 08/30/2022 01:00pm • Contrary to national news reports, Virginia is not among the states that will treat forgiven student debt as income, according to the Virginia Department of Taxation. Department spokeswoman Heather Cooper said in a statement to WTOP that student loans that are forgiven "would not be taxable on th 'This will change everything for me': Americans react to Biden's plan to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt 08/27/2022 04:04am • Americans across the country are sharing their mixed reactions to President Joe Biden's decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers. Biden announced Wednesday that borrowers who hold loans with the Department of Education and make less than $125,000 annually a Lawmakers, activists seek remedies to make clean drinking water more accessible and affordable 08/25/2022 03:10pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For almost seven years, the Barnes Memorial Church in Northeast Baltimore came perilously close to bankruptcy — all because the church owe Deadline looms to apply for Maryland student loan debt relief tax credit 08/23/2022 09:25pm • Marylanders paying off their student loans still have time to apply for debt relief to help lessen the amount they still owe. The deadline for the state's Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit Program for Tax Year 2022 is Sept. 15. "Going to college may seem out of reach for many Marylanders giv Student loan announcement to come in 'next week or so,' Education secretary says ahead of deadline 08/21/2022 01:54pm • US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Sunday that Americans can expect a decision from the Biden administration on student loans in the "next week or so" as a pause on federal student loan payments is set to expire on August 31. With some 10 days to go, Americans have been left guessing whet Crypto has been touted as key to building Black wealth, but critics are skeptical 08/20/2022 04:04am • Samson Williams was working in the mortgage lending industry in 2014 when a colleague convinced him to invest in cryptocurrency. At the time, Williams didn't know much about cryptocurrency but decided to invest a little more than $200 to see where it would get him. "No one knew what it was," W Record Virginia Lottery prizes, but millions went unclaimed 08/16/2022 02:10pm • The Virginia Lottery set several records in the just-ended 2022 fiscal year, including highest-ever sales, prizes and profits. It also reports more than $17.1 million in winning prizes went unclaimed in fiscal 2022. More Business News More Virginia News By law, unclaimed pr Lag in slavery reparations from US Jesuits irks descendants 08/16/2022 10:53am • Last year, the U.S. branch of the Jesuits pledged to raise $100 million for a reconciliation initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order. On Tuesday, a leader of those descendants expressed deep dissatisfaction with the order's lack of progress since then Hogan announces increased student loan, home buying help in SmartBuy Initiative 08/16/2022 05:39am • Gov. Larry Hogan, building on the SmartBuy Initiative for Maryland homebuyers, announced increases to student debt relief and home loan options for residents purchasing homes in the state. The expanded funds will allow up to $50,000 in student loan debt elimination and additional down payment and Mortgage lending standards tightest in 9 years 08/15/2022 08:52am • Mortgage credit availability has been dropping, an indication of tighter lending standards by lenders, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is getting harder to get a mortgage. The Mortgage Bankers Association reports its monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index posted its biggest one-month dr Inflation, explained: Why prices keep going up and who's to blame 08/14/2022 09:06am • Confused about inflation? You're not alone. Inflation is, paradoxically, both incredibly simple to understand and absurdly complicated. Let's start with the simplest version: Inflation happens when prices broadly go up. That "broadly" is important: At any given time, the price of goods will A Bad Bunny rant, an ex-governor in handcuffs and Puerto Rico still reels nearly five years after Hurricane Maria 08/13/2022 09:47am • A week before former governor of Puerto Rico Wanda Vázquez was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges, pop superstar Bad Bunny riled up a throng of concertgoers in San Juan, calling out the current governor and the island's private electric company in an expletive-filled rant. "We have a governm The top 10 consumer complaints from 2021 08/08/2022 04:39pm • In 2021, state, local and federal agencies received millions of complaints from consumers, and again the top category for complaints is auto sales and repairs, according to the Consumer Federation of America. “These complaints tend to rise to the top just because this subject affects so many pe America's strong dollar is hurting everyone else 08/07/2022 01:18pm • The US dollar has been on a tear this year. That's good news for American tourists gallivanting around Europe, but bad news for pretty much every other country in the world. The greenback is up more than 10% in 2022 compared to other top currencies — near its highest level in two decades — as Using your home's value to protect your retirement fund 08/05/2022 05:45am • A reverse mortgage is a product that was once considered a "loan of last resort," but is now one of the most-developed loans in the mortgage industry that borrowers can even use as a hedge against inflation. Reverse mortgages allow qualified homeowners to tap into their home's equity while retain