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Joe Biden · United StatesBy Sunlen Serfaty, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Washington (CNN) — Andrea Murzello has a doctorate in pharmacy and a stable job at a nonprofit. But she says she can’t afford to grow her family — not under the Trump administration’s latest student loan policy shift. She’s one of nearly 8 million borrowers who will see their loan balances start increasing again on August 1. Earlier this month, the Department of Education announced it would resume a…See the Story
As student loan interest restarts for SAVE plan borrowers, some are feeling ‘crushed’
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Wages · KentuckyAs of this week, it has been 16 years since the minimum wage was increased. Failure to increase this threshold has left working Kentuckians with a wage floor less than half of what it once was and driven it below the poverty line for a full-time worker. In purchasing power, the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is at a 75 year low. For the dozens of states, including Kentucky, that have failed to take their own action to boost the minimum wa…Read Article
