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And i thought about my own student loan coming out of graduate school, which i havent paid off yet. President obama and Michelle Obama didnt pay their Student Loans off until the year before went into the white house. We are shackling our young enormous amount of debt. Were charging them higher interest rates. Paying 7. 5 interest on my student loan, but my mortgage is 3. 87 . Why are we doing this . Loandressing the student and the rising cost of higher ed is key. But i think we also need to start designing our communities for your generation. Some of the towns and communities in virginia are...

Ratepayers plead with NC Utilities Commission to reject Duke Energy’s carbon plan By Lisa Sorg Bobby Jones, a founder of the Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition in Goldsboro, had been seated for less than five minutes when he bolted from his bench. “This hearing is a farce!” Jones said, as a […] The post Weekend reads: On protests, pipes and and power appeared first on NC Newsline.

NC General Assembly’s “short session” convenes By Staff The North Carolina General Assembly returns to Raleigh today for the 2024 “short session” — a session that figures to feature debates over familiar topics like public and higher education and funding for state agencies, as well as new proposals to expand legalized gambling and to further […] The post Weekend reads: New session, new poll, recordkeeping discrepancies, and Duke’s new carbon plan appeared first on NC Newsline.

Hoping to avoid an encounter with Raleigh police, many of the more than 40 people living in a tent encampment on U.S. 70 left ahead of the 10 a.m. deadline they’d been given to vacate or face arrest for trespassing. Nearly two hours after the deadline passed, police had not arrived in order to force […] The post Many inhabitants of tent camp on U.S. 70 left before Raleigh’s 10 a.m. deadline appeared first on NC Newsline.

“I have no idea what we’re going to do”: Housing shortage leaves NC low-income renters stymied By Greg Childress New report identifies a yawning housing gap for hundreds of thousands of NC households Julia Stokes and her daughter moved into the Helen Wright Center, a Raleigh shelter for women experiencing homelessness, late last year after […] The post Weekend reads: NC’s housing shortage, polluters must pay, and previewing the legislative session appeared first on NC Newsline.