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What is the debt snowball method? 06/19/2022 04:00am • When you're drowning in a pool of accumulating debts, figuring out how to emerge isn't always straightforward. With varying interest rates and payment terms, some people lose faith that they can become debt-free. But numerous strategies can help you stay on track to pay off your balances. Depending Pharrell Williams, Something In The Water cancels 5 students' college debt 06/18/2022 11:49pm • Five National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) panelists, including one Howard University student, were told that Pharrell Williams and Something in the Water would be canceling their student debt. "For all of you on the stage, we're clearing your current student loan deb Which candidates have cash leads in home stretch of Md. governor's race? 06/15/2022 10:27pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect updated calculations in the Franchot campaign’s take since mid-January. Two Dem Takoma Park loans induction stove tops to fight emissions 06/12/2022 09:05am • If you aren't sure if you will like cooking with an induction stove top, you may be able to give it a try before you make a big purchase for a new appliance. The city of Takoma Park, Maryland, is giving the chance for residents to borrow a portable stove top to test for up to two weeks. Montgomery Co. schools won't require financial literacy course for now 06/07/2022 08:37pm • Public schools in Montgomery County won't require students to complete a financial literacy course to graduate, but the Board of Education has agreed to find more ways to make the topic available to students as an elective in the Maryland county. During its Tuesday meeting, the board also agreed 'Don't give up': Sen. Kaine tells Arlington high schoolers about gun control 06/07/2022 12:30am • After the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, juniors and seniors at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, met with U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine to ask how they can keep their school safe from guns. "You guys probably have to have safety drills and shooter drills and things like that … we d For mortgage borrowers, the ARM is making a comeback 06/06/2022 09:56am • With long-term fixed rate mortgage rates quickly moving higher this year, and home prices continuing to rise, the adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) has made somewhat of a comeback. ARMs fell out of favor a few years ago, offering little advantage over historically low fixed-rate loans. The increase Baltimore near the top for zombie foreclosures 06/06/2022 09:41am • Foreclosure starts are on the rise now that government protections against lenders starting them have ended, and 8.3% of homes in some stage of foreclosure in Baltimore are unoccupied, behind only Cleveland among big cities with a large share of vacant foreclosures. Those properties are called zo Affordable housing could replace former car dealership site in Alexandria 06/04/2022 08:34pm • The vacant site of a former car dealership in Alexandria, Virginia, could soon be replaced by dozens of affordable housing units. Community Housing Partners (CHP), a Virginia-based nonprofit that works towards sustainable and affordable communities, has proposed a new development in Alexandria ca It’s not that easy being a green bank in Maryland — but it’s getting easier 05/27/2022 10:55am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For the past dozen years, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) has been introducing legislation in Congress to create a national green bank †How can the Capitals get younger for the 2022-23 season? 05/24/2022 11:00am • How the Capitals can get younger next season originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonCapitals general manager Brian MacLellan doesn’t believe the Capitals need a sudden injection of speed into the lineup after the team's loss to the younger, quicker Florida Panthers.He does believe, howeve $75 million loan signed; tunnel construction in flood-prone Ellicott City set to begin 05/24/2022 10:11am • The largest and potentially most-effective aspect of Howard County, Maryland's $165 million plan to minimize flooding along Main Street in historic Ellicott City will break ground later this year. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced Tuesday that the county has secured funding to bui Man charged in one of Fairfax Co.'s largest-ever embezzlement cases 05/23/2022 03:07pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, man suspected of stealing millions of dollars from the rental company where he worked has been indicted by a grand jury in what authorities call one of the largest embezzlement cases in the history of Fairfax County. Carlos Camacho was indicted on 15 counts of embezzle Selling your house? You may never see the appraiser 05/23/2022 09:25am • The pandemic accelerated changes to the home appraisal process that is an important part of buying and selling residential real estate. Known as appraisal modernization, appraisers began using tools that made the process more aligned with objective comparisons based on readily available informati Virginia legislator asks court to restrict Barnes & Noble sales of 'obscene' books 05/21/2022 08:26am • A Virginia legislator is asking the court to restrict Barnes & Noble from selling two books to minors as a lawsuit over the books' alleged "obscenity" is under review. On Wednesday, a judge in the Virginia Beach Circuit Court issued a ruling that said the books had probable cause to meet the