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Yellen says infrastructure overhaul will boost US economy 09/28/2021 04:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday that President Joe Biden's spending proposals will address long-overdue U.S. infrastructure needs and prepare the country to meet future challenges. In remarks before the National Association for Business Economists, Yellen called o DC extends amnesty program for drivers with unpaid tickets 09/27/2021 01:06pm • D.C. is extending its amnesty program for drivers with overdue tickets until the end of the year, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday. The program will now end Dec. 31 instead of Sept. 30, as originally planned. It waives all penalties on late tickets related to parking, minor moving violations 5 things to know about the Evergrande crisis: A simple breakdown 09/27/2021 05:43am • The world is still waiting to find out what will happen to troubled Chinese conglomerate Evergrande and its enormous mountain of debt. The property developer's debt crisis is a major test for Beijing. Some analysts fear it could even turn into China's Lehman Brothers moment, sending shockwaves ac Md. county executives: ‘Healthy competition’ can drive local policies on climate change 09/21/2021 04:12pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Less than a month after remnants of Hurricane Ida tore through Annapolis and inundated parts of Maryland with floods, county executives from Va. and Md. rank in top 15 for debt as credit card spending rises 09/17/2021 09:38am • During the 2020 pandemic lockdown, many Americans found themselves spending significantly less of their disposable income, and some of that extra money went to paying down credit card debt at a record-setting pace last year. The opposite is happening now. In the second quarter of 2021, consume Ex-owner of Richmond assisted living facility pleads guilty to fraud 09/15/2021 06:22pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the former owner of a Richmond assisted living facility has pleaded guilty to health care fraud after spending more than $800,000 meant for residents’ care on travel, personal debts and gambling. Mable Jones owned and operated Jones & Jones, an 10 most, least expensive private colleges 09/13/2021 12:00am • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C Princeton, Williams top 2022 US News best colleges rankings 09/13/2021 12:00am • Shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, many American families have been thrust into uncertain times. But one thing the pandemic and resulting economic shake-up made clear is that higher education pays off. Unemployment has remained lowest for workers over age 25 who have a bachelor's degree and high She Also Served: A woman veteran spotlight with Arlena Newson 09/09/2021 01:15pm • This content is sponsored by American Military University. Arlena Newson, who currently works as an IT professional, has a fascinating and complex life story that includes service in Afghanistan with the U.S. Air Force. She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where her hard-working paren What federal help is still available with jobless benefits, eviction protections ending 09/09/2021 08:00am • Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation Recovering from a lack of sleep takes longer than you might think, study says 09/09/2021 04:27am • Yawning and exhausted from another night of little sleep? Congratulations, you have joined the multitude of people around the globe who suffer from sleep deprivation, a serious problem that can affect your mental and physical health. Sleep problems constitute a "global epidemic that threatens hea Bethesda's Walker & Dunlop makes $700M investment in affordable housing 08/31/2021 11:20am • Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate finance company Walker & Dunlop Inc. will acquire Alliant Capital Ltd., one of the nation's largest developers and financers of affordable housing projects, in a deal valued at $696 million. The acquisition will significantly increase Walker & Dunlop's Howard University clears debts of upperclassmen facing financial troubles from pandemic 08/28/2021 10:18am • Some upperclassmen at Howard University in D.C. with tuition not paid from the Spring semester will soon be tuition debt-free. President Wayne A.I. Frederick said juniors and seniors at Howard that did not have an expected family contribution amount and had an outstanding balance for the Spring 2 Maryland lawmakers say Department of Labor needs to be more communicative over unemployment claims 08/16/2021 09:30pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland lawmakers grilled Secretary of Labor Tiffany P. Robinson over continuing unemployment insurance backlogs in the state at a Monday m What happens to debt when you die? 08/12/2021 07:40am • As the old saying goes, you can't take it with you. That's not necessarily a bad thing. If there is a good place somewhere up there, who would want to take credit card debt and medical bills with them? Still, the question of what happens to debt when you die begs other questions: Who gets stuck w