Molly Bloom

Oct 24, 2024 | route-fifty.com | Molly Bloom

Americans owe about $1.6 trillion in student loans, 42% more than a decade ago, according to the Pew Research Center. Three in four Americans don’t think college is even worth it if you have to take out student loans. And more than half of college grads are underemployed one year after getting their bachelor’s degrees.

Oct 21, 2024 | govexec.com | Molly Bloom

The Biden administration announced on Oct. 17, the cancellation of $4.5 billion in student debt for more than 60,000 local, state, federal, and tribal government workers and others in public service. The debt relief is the result of fixes the administration has made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which clears the remaining student loan balances for public servants who have made monthly payments for at least 10 years, according to a Department of Education statement.

Oct 17, 2024 | route-fifty.com | Molly Bloom

The Biden administration announced on Thursday the cancellation of $4.5 billion in student debt for more than 60,000 local, state, federal, and tribal government workers and others in public service. The debt relief is the result of fixes the administration has made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which clears the remaining student loan balances for public servants who have made monthly payments for at least 10 years, according to a Department of Education statement.

Oct 4, 2024 | route-fifty.com | Molly Bloom

Few people take a government job with the goal of striking it rich. But in Tennessee, a concerted effort to make state employees’ pay competitive with the private sector has paid off—for both employees and the state, officials say. The effort required changing the state’s theory on how public workers should be compensated, said Kim Thau Yap, assistant commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Human Resources.

Sep 5, 2024 | route-fifty.com | Molly Bloom

The percentage of American households who went hungry at least some of the time rose again last year, marking the second straight year of increases in food insecurity after nearly a decade of decline, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released this week.