In today's high-rate environment, debt settlement programs, also known as debt forgiveness, have become increasingly popular. These programs, which are typically structured over two to four years, ...

Inspired by Seattle program, Renton Promise covers up to full tuition and fees for recent graduates of Renton high schools ...

In North Carolina, 2.5 million people had their medical debt forgiven thanks to a special program that didn't cost the state ...

Sweeping student loan forgiveness changes for federal student loans are going into effect this year, and millions of borrower ...

FAR THIS YEAR. IMAGINE WAKING UP TO FIND YOUR MEDICAL DEBT GONE. IT’S HAPPENING ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING HERE IN THE TRIAD. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS SPOKE WITH A WINSTON-SALEM WOMAN WHO SAYS IT’S ...

Funding from a $4.5 million state grant approved by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2023 for a medical debt relief pilot program has already helped eliminate debt for tens of thousands of Michigan residents, ...

A North Carolina program incentivizing hospitals to relieve patients’ medical debts has cut more than $6.5 billion in accrued debts for more than 2.5 million people since launching last summer. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As the Tennessee College of Applied Technology expands its programs to high schools across Middle Tennessee, it announced Thursday a new program through Metro Nashville ...

It’s the little expenses that add up, like buying new clothes, shoes, pots and pans or paying for Uber rides. For the 13,000 households without a home in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part of a Grand Forks Herald series about food insecurity in the region. GRAND FORKS – The number of students participating in the free and reduced meal program has ...