Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 The Jaipur Literature Festival, which will run from March 5-14, 2022, will feature a stellar lineup of sessions on climate change and the environment. While climate change remains at the center of manyRead More →
Scheduled for March 5-14, 2022, the Jaipur Literature Festival will feature a brilliant lineup of sessions on climate change and the environment. As climate change continues to be at the center of multiple debates and policies, the Festival will host a diverse array of speakers covering different angles of theRead More →
Answering questions about masking policies, snow days, enrollment limits and more, the two Naperville-area school principals participated in an online forum to provide answers on many topics affecting their districts. Moderated by Naperville Public Library Executive Director Dave Della Terza and Library Commissioner Ashfaq Syed, Wednesday’s Zoom forum was designedRead More →
SOUTH INDIANA — A bill passed by the Senate on Feb. 1 is being heavily criticized by a coalition of 97 groups across the state. Senate Bill 352 seeks to make changes to Indiana’s Uniform Consumer Credit Code regarding supervised consumer loans. The changes have various stakeholders concerned about theRead More →
School districts and public health officials will have a few weeks to iron out their own mask policies, as the statewide mandate comes to an end of its course. State officials at a press conference on Monday recommended giving local school districts the power to decide whether or not toRead More →
At a time when the big banks getting easy approval for profitable mergers, say some California community groups, not so fast. Dozens of them seek to block US Bank’s bid to acquire Union Bank unless the former cancels $90 billion for charitable loans and donations to low-income areas of theRead More →
Small, short-term lenders, who are not subject to a maximum federal interest rate, can charge borrowers rates of 400% or more for their loans. But more and more states are reducing that number by setting rate caps to limit high-interest loans. Currently, 18 States and Washington, D.C., have laws thatRead More →
For a young Texas couple, it was a cause for celebration – a pregnancy – that put them in debt. Joshua Shroyer, 33, says his family managed to get by until they received the shocking news in 2016 that they were expecting their third son. After a difficult pregnancy, momRead More →