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Montgomery Co. Green Building Bill awaits Elrich's signature 02/02/2022 08:51pm • Members of the Montgomery County Council are hailing a bill that they say would make it easier for contractors and developers to access funding for green buildings in Maryland. Bill 44-21, the Montgomery County Green Buildings Now Act, received unanimous support from council members. County Execu Aubameyang pledges to help Barcelona with his experience 02/02/2022 01:58pm • MADRID (AP) — With his move to Barcelona finally official, striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is hoping his experience can help a team that is badly in need of a spark. Barcelona secured a deal with the 32-year-old former Arsenal forward just before the transfer deadline on Monday but it wasn't an DeAndre Yedlin returns to MLS with David Beckham's Miami 02/02/2022 11:17am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — American defender DeAndre Yedlin is returning to Major League Soccer, agreeing Wednesday to a four-year contract with David Beckham’s Miami team. The deal includes a club option for 2026. Yedlin, whose contract with Turkey’s Galatasaray was terminated on Jan. 26, w DIY or call a professional: Which is right for your remodel? 02/02/2022 08:55am • A do-it-yourself remodel can be a budget-friendly way to freshen up your home. For some projects, it may take just a few YouTube videos to show you how to modernize your space. But not every project is right for amateur renovators. Your skill level, budget and how important the project is to your ho Q&A: How to Have Better ESG Conversations With Clients 02/01/2022 07:00pm • Between wildfires in California, heatwaves in the Midwest, frigid cold snaps in Texas and rising waters from Miami to Maine, not to mention popular unrest and protests, it's no wonder that sustainability and social impacts are driving investments. Globally, sustainable funds -- those that consider e How to Work with a Nonprofit Student Loan Counselor 02/01/2022 07:00pm • More than 43 million student loan borrowers are in debt by an average of $39,351 each, according to statistics reported in November by the Education Data Initiative. Over the past two years, more than 35 million of these borrowers with federal student loan debt qualified for general student loan deb Is 600 a Good Credit Score? 02/01/2022 07:00pm • The average U.S. FICO score as of April 2021 is 716, which falls within the good credit score range. A 600 FICO score is below average and falls within the fair credit score range. Although there are credit cards that target fair credit, the interest rates will be on the high side. You may even have Latest transfer window shows MLS has rising global profile 02/01/2022 06:34pm • As the talent level in Major League Soccer grows, so does the inevitable loss of young players to top clubs abroad. For fans, that might be disappointing, but it's good for the league. Transfers can bring MLS clubs big money, which can then be used to develop more players and bring in others. The i Millions follow rich candidates in Pennsylvania Senate race 02/01/2022 05:47pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Cash is pouring into Pennsylvania's hotly contested race for U.S. Senate as wealthy and well-connected candidates move in from out of state, followed by millions of dollars going into TV ads and super PACs. Filings posted online by the Federal Election Commission before Mond McKennie on COVID violation: 'let my team ... country down' 02/01/2022 05:22pm • Weston McKennie said he let his team and nation down when he violated team COVID-19-rules in September, which caused the American midfielder to miss a pair of World Cup qualifiers. McKennie didn't dress for the Sept. 5 match against Canada because of the breach, and coach Gregg Berhalter sent him ho Climate change a rising Fed concern as nominees face hearing 02/01/2022 05:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — How far the Federal Reserve can go to compel banks to consider the consequences of climate change in their lending policies could take center stage at a Senate hearing Thursday on the nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin and two economists to the Fed’s influential Board of Governo Georgia's Kemp raises $7.4M in 7 months of reelection bid 02/01/2022 02:13pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday that his main campaign committee raised more than $7.4 million in the seven months ending Jan. 31, giving him $12.7 million in cash as the Republican seeks reelection this year. None of Kemp's Republican primary rivals, including former U.S. Sen. Alli seeks fresh start at Everton after fall from grace 02/01/2022 12:21pm • It was telling that the only Tottenham manager referenced by name in Dele Alli’s parting note to the London club on Tuesday was Mauricio Pochettino. Alli, who joined Everton in one of the headline transfers on deadline day in Europe’s winter transfer window, played under four managers in his sev Former Florida mayor's daughter sentenced for COVID fraud 02/01/2022 10:34am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The daughter of a former South Florida mayor who recently ran for Congress has been sentenced to prison for lying to obtain $300,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. Damara Holness on Monday was ordered to report to federal prison by noon on April 25 to serve a 20-month se Millennial Money: How to get what you want at your next job 02/01/2022 08:37am • Millennials have long been at the mercy of economic events, from the Great Recession to crushing levels of student loan debt. But thanks to the Great Resignation that began in 2021, this generation is experiencing its first brush with power and opportunity in the job market. Millennials are midca