New bar on New York State employers’ requiring “employment promissory notes” as a condition of employment. Also, an amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law clarifies that an actual or ...

The Education Department may start accelerating student loan forgiveness processing in February. The update may be good news ...

Multiple layers of verification an several points of validation as well as a team of analysts who will look for data trends ...

Four non-profit organizations have agreed to pay over $3 million to settle allegations of improperly obtaining Paycheck ...

Key Highlights New York prohibits arrangements requiring employees to repay or reimburse their employer: The newly enacted Trapped at Work Act bars employers from enforcing agreements that require ...

As Hoosiers counted down the seconds to midnight on New Year’s Eve, several Indiana laws went into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” passed in 2025, made many changes to federal student loan ...

The U.S. Department of Education plans to end a student loan debt forgiveness program used by millions of Americans. The feds said Dec. 9 that they had reached a proposed court settlement to kill the ...

The Department of Education announced a joint settlement with Missouri and other Republican-led states this week that would end a student loan forgiveness program. Former President Joe Biden launched ...

More than seven million borrowers will need to change repayment plans for federal student loans. Th e Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, a Biden-era initiative meant to provide lower monthly ...

As California again delays controversial rules requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to maintain a 5-foot “ember-resistant” zone around their houses, a new report finds that properties that were ...

Judge blocks FEMA from canceling BRIC grant program without Congress approval Judge previously prevented FEMA from diverting $4 billion from BRIC Department of Homeland Security denies terminating ...