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Eliza Haverstock, Nald Wallet After a five-year suspension that began in March 2020, the Trump administration has reverted its default collection machine for student loans. Millions of borrowers with default loans are poised to face serious consequences starting Monday, May 5th. “By reopening the collection, taxpayers will protect borrowers from being responsible for the costs of federal student loans they are willing to take on to fund post-secondary education,” the Education Department said in a press release. The broad outcome of student loan defaults can hit borrowers at once. The government can withhold some of the Social Security checks, receive…

This measure would reduce the annual allowed rent hike to 2% plus inflation, reducing it by up to 5%. The owner said it would discourage the new home.California’s latest law to lower statewide rent control caps and increase tenant protections was drawn by the author on April 29th.AB 1157, dubbed an Affordable Rent Act by Rep. Ash Kala, faced strong opposition from landlords and apartment owners. Kara announced Tuesday that he hopes to withdraw the measure and reintroduce it next year.”I am grateful to my colleagues on the Congressional Housing Committee for recognizing the need to file a lawsuit to…

TALHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has refused to take over records related to Florida charities, according to Republicans investigating the organization.Earlier this month, Rep. Alex Andredo requested bank records and other information from the state, as well as other information about the Hope Florida Foundation.The charity then handed over these records for the release of DeSantis’ children and families, Andredo said. But the department overseeing the charity “is just sitting now,” he told The Times/Herald on Wednesday.”They refuse to answer calls,” Andredo said of the department.Andrade is considering the state’s decision to divert $10 million from a Medicaid settlement…

Matt O’Brien Artificial intelligence “agents” are assumed to be more than a chatbot. The tech industry has spent months on AI personal assistants who know what you want and can do real work on your behalf. So far, they haven’t done much. Visa wants to change that by offering a credit card. With your budget and some preferences set, these AI agents (ChatGpt and their successors to its chatbot peers) can find and buy sweaters, weekly groceries, or plane tickets. “I think this is really important,” Jack Forestell, Visa’s Chief Product and Strategy Officer, said in an interview. “Transform, in…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Family members continued to lament following a fatal mass shooting that killed two people and injured six at Florida State University. The attorney representing Thiru Chaba, one of the men killed on campus that day, is now speaking out. Along with Jim Bannister and J. Robert Bell, civil rights lawyer Bakari Sellers said that when the family lamented their loss, they are now trying to understand what exactly happened. “Families want to know why,” said civil rights attorney Bakari Sellers. “As you can imagine, you lose your father and you can’t have a child. You can’t…

The state’s disciplinary committee recommended that Hillsboro Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs be removed from the bench on Wednesday, finding that she violated Judicial Ethics Rules in her successful 2022 campaign against Judge Jared Smith.In a 55-page opinion released Wednesday afternoon, the Florida Judicial Eligibility Committee hearing committee found that abortion had become a key issue, breaking the judicial canon and several statements she and her supporters made in a heavily contested race.It was also found that Jacobs broke the rules when he encouraged his lawyer to face another sitting judge who she had a bad relationship with, and when she…

(AP) – Jordan Travis was told it was time to push forward in the struggle of a long, brave comeback attempt from a serious leg injury and finally leave. The New York Jets announced Wednesday that the quarterback will be retiring from football, the surprising NFL ending for the 24-year-old former Florida star. Travis injured his left foot during a November 2023 match against North Alabama. His left leg twitched under the defender, causing him to break a fracture. Jeff Knight gets off from Giannath Live after the crash on Clearwater Ferry. Travis was his fifth draft pick last year,…

TALHASSEE — The Florida Senate unanimously passed the bill Wednesday to build golf courses, hotels and other amenities on state park land amid speculation and uncertainty about the future of the popular bill. The Senate vote would normally represent the penultimate hurdle before heading to governor, but that’s another obstacle before the time for this year’s legislative meeting, which is due to close on Friday. The Capitol, which has already passed a version of the bill, will have to approve it again as the changes. The passageway goes down to the wire. The proposal came from a bomb controversy last…

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida nurse was sentenced to life in prison after her conviction in the murder of her 7-year-old adopted daughter in 2018, a report from NBC affiliate WTVJ said. Gina Emmanuel, a 56-year-old Miami-Dade registered nurse, was convicted on April 15 of first-degree murder of Samaya, 7, and was found guilty of abuse of two other adopted children, court records show. Florida hiker dies after falling off a cliff in Utah According to WTVJ, prosecutors said Emmanuel abused children for months, feeding human waste, burning hands on the stove, tape them on a chair, chained them,…

The federal court of appeals previously ruled that special compensation payments were capped at the six-year mark.On April 28, the Supreme Court considered whether the federal government could block combat-related special compensation for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) six years later.Veterans are permitted to seek retrospective combat-related special compensation (CRSC), but the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals held that such payments are subject to the Prohibition Act (31 USC 3702), which has a six-year restriction law.The Supreme Court considered whether the CRSC Act (10 USC Section 1413) which approves such compensation includes a way to resolve claims that…