The Education Department released its draft text for its new student-debt relief plan. It outlined four groups of borrowers it is prioritizing for loan forgiveness. A fifth group, borrowers with ...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently granted to an oil refinery owned by Carl Icahn a so-called “financial hardship” waiver. The exemption allows the refinery to avoid clean air laws, ...

The Sweetwater Union High School District board on Monday tightened rules on how — and whether — members get paid when they miss meetings, but did not define which excuses are acceptable for absences.

Watch out if you dip into your IRA or other tax-sheltered savings plan before age 591/2 because of what you consider to be financial hardship. As provided by Congress, the Internal Revenue Code ...

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