Save more, spend smarter, and make your money go further There are many different ways to invest in real estate, and pros and cons to each different kind of investing. You might choose to be a long-term landlord, invest in short-term rentals, REITs or fix and flip houses. Real estate wholesaling is another way to … Read more
CAPITAL CASE By Amy Howe on Nov 17, 2022 at 12:09 pm For the fourth time in 24 hours, the Supreme Court declined to block an execution. On Thursday morning, the justices rejected a plea from Oklahoma inmate Richard Fairchild, who had asked the justices to put his execution on hold to give him time … Read more
NORTHBOOK, Ill., Nov. 15, 2022 – Continuing its legacy of safe driving, Allstate is teaming up with chef, restaurateur and TV personality Jordan Andino to create Allstate Good Sips, a collection of signature mocktails that can help keep drivers safe this holiday season and beyond. Demand for mocktails is growing: In 2021, sales of nonalcoholic beverages rose 33% to $331 … Read more
Institutional research can help you unlock enrollment insights. You call them when you need data. You rely upon them for information when conducting self-studies and when you go through accreditation reviews. But do they know what your department does and needs? Your campus partners in Institutional Research (IR) sit a virtual gold mine of data. … Read more
If there are multiple defendants in a lawsuit in Texas, the outcome of a case is not as clear as with two-party lawsuits. Generally, a jury or a judge is asked to allocate fault between all the parties. The percentages of fault can have a big effect on how much money the plaintiff recovers. … Read more
A federal district judge—Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee to the Northern District of Texas—has dashed the hopes and upended the plans of tens of millions of student loan borrowers nationwide who have either been approved, or were about to be approved, for debt relief under the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness program. That program was promulgated … Read more
Consumer skepticism about the connection between credit history and future insurance claims appears to decline when the predictive power of credit-based insurance scores is explained to them, a recent study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) suggests. This is just one of the IRC’s encouraging findings. Others include: Consumers are generally knowledgeable about credit, credit … Read more
B-D-S Piotr Marcinski / Shutterstock.com It’s said that to err is human and to forgive is divine. However, sometimes it can feel impossible to forgive our all-too-human selves for things that go wrong. Like the time you invited a pal to a birthday lunch and somehow left the house without your wallet. Or the time … Read more
Three correction officers working at Rikers Island correctional facilities in New York have been charged with federal program fraud in two complaints unsealed in the Eastern District of New York on Thursday. The officers were charged as part of ongoing investigations into abuse of sick leave among New York City Department of Corrections employees that … Read more
As educators teaching in professional studies programs, our aim is to create classroom experiences where our students can work with professional partners, developing projects that have impact in the real world. We believe implementation is a salient part of the professional studies experience. We also know that this is easier said than done, and something … Read more