Search

The challenges facing nonprofits heading into the season of giving 11/22/2023 09:13pm • As giving season begins, many nonprofits continue to struggle with not only donations being down, but also staff and volunteer shortages. “We're seeing a lot of challenges for nonprofits this year,” said Rick Cohen, chief communications officer and chief operating officer for the National Cou DC United hires Ally Mackay as its new GM, tasked to hire new coach 11/20/2023 10:37am • D.C. United hires Nashville SC assistant general manager Ally MacKay to lead the soccer club as the Black and Red look to rebound after not making the MLS playoffs for a fourth consecutive season. Mackay becomes the youngest active general manager in Major League Soccer at 37 years old. He will a Md. education officials discuss how high school students' college readiness should be assessed 11/16/2023 10:17am • At a Wednesday meeting of Maryland Higher Education Commission, officials discussed how the implementation of Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, an education overhaul passed by the 2021 Maryland General Assembly, may drastically change how students are assessed for college and career readiness, amon Why 'buy now, pay later' plans have become 'big debt traps' for shoppers 11/09/2023 04:31pm • Are you gearing up for the holiday shopping season? Retailers sure are, and they're offering consumers all kinds of options of pay, besides credit cards. One of those payment options is buy now, pay later. "They've been around a long time. They started out as a way that retailers could make ex 1 in 8 DC-area home sales are falling through 10/30/2023 12:30pm • In September, roughly 12% of homes for sale in the D.C. metro that went under contract saw the sale fall through. Nationally, contracts signed to buy a home in September rose, but closed sales fell to the lowest level since the early days of the pandemic, according to Redfin. With rising mortgage Biden will visit a Minnesota family farm this week as top officials kick off stops in rural America 10/29/2023 08:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit a family farm in Minnesota on Wednesday as part of two weeks of stops in rural America by top administration officials that are intended to highlight how increases in government spending can help improve peoples' lives. Biden's focus on the state Review: Bill Burr directs himself in Netflix comedy 'Old Dads,' a defiant Gen X middle finger to Gen Z 10/27/2023 04:08am • Comedian Bill Burr has carved an unflinching "get off my lawn" place in the standup business with Rolling Stone ranking him No. 17 on its list of the "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time." Now, he makes his directorial debut in the R-rated comedy "Old Dads," a title that's a bit misleading consid Helping a child with a down payment? Here are some things to know 10/23/2023 01:30pm • The old adage, "Never lend money to friends or family," is why personal finance advisers recommend any help parents give their adult children in their homebuying efforts be in the form of a gift. But be it a gift, or a loan, there are some things for both parents and their homebuying children to If a prenuptial is part of your wedding plans, get it done well before the wedding 10/23/2023 12:44pm • Wedding vows are romantic, but prenuptial agreements are not. Prenups are, however, a good idea in many cases, considering an estimated 40% to 50% of first marriages end in divorce and even more frequently for second or third marriages, and prenups are about more than just shielding one spouse's Alexandria-based group brings HBCU financial literacy competition to Gaylord National Harbor 10/23/2023 07:00am • It's not the Super Bowl or the Rose Bowl — it's the Financial Literacy Bowl. An Alexandria, Virginia-based group is offering students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities the chance to flex their financial literacy muscles at the Annual Financial Literacy Leadership Conference begi Americans working to balance student loan repayments and holiday travel, survey says 10/20/2023 08:47pm • Student loan payments restart this month after a three-year pandemic pause, and it’s impacting how some people travel. According to a recent survey by travel deal site Going.com, 63% percent of respondents that had student loans said the repayments influenced their holiday travel plans. That What to consider when choosing a mortgage lender (Psst: Don’t count out credit unions) 10/19/2023 01:34pm • Over the past year, homebuyers have watched interest rates on home loans continue to rise. Even though rates are still considered historically low on average, it’s stressful for people looking to buy homes or refinance existing mortgages. Jeff Bentley, president and CEO of Northwest Federal Four easy ways to help make home efficiency upgrades more affordable 10/18/2023 05:20pm • This content is provided by Washington Gas. Upgrading your home to be more energy-efficient can be costly. In fact, furnaces and water heaters can be some of the most expensive equipment homeowners can buy. While high-efficiency water heating and furnace equipment can be costly up-front, choosing Paddle boat for sale: Why an Eastern Shore town is looking for a new owner 10/02/2023 07:00am • The Town of Snow Hill is looking for someone to buy Black-Eyed Susan, the stern-wheeler paddle boat acquired by the town in 2020. (Courtesy Town of Snow Hill) When the small Eastern Shore town of Snow Hill, Maryland, bought a 34-year-old paddle boat three years ago, the goal was to attract more Looming shutdown could destabilize Maryland's budget picture 09/29/2023 08:58pm • A looming federal government shutdown could destabilize Maryland's budget outlook. Minor decreases in projected revenues announced Thursday by the Board of Revenue Estimates represent a mostly flat budget picture compared to March projections. State fiscal officers warned that inflation and a