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Student loans have been confusing lately. Here's a guide to know where you stand

Between collections resuming, courts challenging student loan programs and layoffs in the Education Department, borrowers might be confused about the status their student loans

The Independent UK

Fungus Makes Plastic Packaging Protective And Recyclable

Startup grows fungi on top of industrial organic waste..

Zenger

Student loan forgiveness isn't dead yet, and other takeaways from 2023

What to make of all the student loan news this year? We have three takeaways, and a literary analogy (it's NPR afterall).

WEKU

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Booming Boolaroo: business owners have their say on the town's growth

This Lake Macquarie town has come a long way since the ol' Pasminco days.

Newcastle Herald

How to Prepare to Start Paying Student Loans Again

A three-year pause on federal student loan payments ends in October. Here’s how to prepare for repayment.

Kiplinger

Now that President Biden's student loan cancellation program has been canceled, here's what's next

The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled 6-3 on June 30, 2023, that the secretary of education does not have the authority to forgive US$430 billion of student loans under the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency…

The Conversation

What should borrowers do now that Biden's college debt forgiveness plan is dead?

After months of anxious waiting for the courts to decide whether President Biden could forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt, borrowers finally have their answer: No.

Los Angeles Times

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Plush Edinburgh bar offering free cocktails for food bank donations

In Edinburgh, guests can bring non-perishable items to either store from June 13 to take part in the project and all donations go to Fresh Start.

Edinburgh Live

Fair Hiring, Unfair Housing

There are laws and programs to help formerly-incarcerated Texans get employed, but finding a home can be far more challenging.

Texas Observer

Edinburgh homeless charity seeing four times as many local families amid cost of living crisis

The charity's boss has admitted that she's 'terrified' as the Edinburgh's Fresh Start is preparing for an influx of people to walk through their doors in Pilton as the energy crisis continues.

Edinburgh Live

Scottish companies could be banned from dumping unsold goods

Lorna Slater, the governments circular economy minister, has announced that companies across Scotland may be banned from dumping working unsold goods as she also singled out an Edinburgh charity for their great work.

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