[ad_1] CNN — Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is bidding to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister, after her shock resignation announcement earlier this week. Hipkins emerged as the only candidate to be nominated for the leadership of the ruling Labour party on Saturday morning. The Labour Party caucus …
Read More »Student loan forgiveness: 9 million people received emails that mistkanely said their application was approved
[ad_1] Washington CNN — About nine million people received an email last month from the Department of Education that mistakenly said their application for student loan forgiveness had been approved, adding to the confusion surrounding President Joe Biden’s debt relief program. Thus far, no one has received debt forgiveness because …
Read More »A Virginia superintendent is fired after a state report into handling of sexual assaults at school
[ad_1] CNN — A Virginia school superintendent was fired Tuesday, a day after a report from the state accused him of lying about a sexual assault involving a student in May 2021. The special grand jury report, conducted by the office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, also criticized former …
Read More »Everything you need to know about Biden’s student loan forgiveness program
[ad_1] Washington CNN — President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. About 26 million people had already applied by the time a …
Read More »White House seeks to tackle food insecurity at first hunger conference since 1969
[ad_1] CNN — Groceries cost 13.5% more than they did a year ago. Nearly 25 million adults live in households where there isn’t always enough to eat. Some 40% of food banks saw increased demand this summer. At a time when the affordability of food is in the spotlight, the …
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