Estate tax (Student Loan) friends, foes gird for fight

Estate tax friends, foes gird for fight
WASHINGTON -- Stephanie Letzler is a typical high-school junior shopping for colleges this spring, but she's hardly typical when it comes to college costs: She knows she'll graduate "without owing a dime," thanks to family money she'll inherit someday.

Dear top tax bracket,
The other day I was reading the newspaper while I enjoyed my Top Ramen noodles, and I saw that you are retaining an average of $500,000 a year because of President Bushs investment tax cuts.

The case against Mike Ferguson
Linda Stender, the Democratic candidate for Congress in District 7, is fortunate in at least one respect: the case against her opponent Congressman Mike Ferguson, R-7th, is one that is easy to make. If politics were a trial, Ferguson would need to hire the best defense attorney in America to defend his record in Congress and would likely still lose.

Friday
Over the length of his term as chancellor of the University of Maine System, Joseph Westphal has earned a salary of more than $800,000, plus benefits. Now he is retiring.

Look who's whipping out the credit card: high schoolers
Chelsea Paine isn't sure about the interest rate or the credit limit on her Visa. "Maybe $15,000? I could buy a car with this thing! " The Shorecrest High...

Questions raised (Student Loan) over using MOHELA profits

Questions raised over using MOHELA profits
JEFFERSON CITY Legislators both supporting and opposing the sale of student loans to pay for various state projects have raised questions about whether the loan board can give money to the state legislature particularly if the money will be used for projects other student loans.

GOP rifts thwart progress in House
Initiatives proposed by Gov. Blunt fell amid leadership disputes.

Student-loan rates are headed up, so now's the time to lock in a deal
When Sonia Monroy graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio last May, she faced her first major financial hurdle: $21,167 in student loans.

Get With the Plan: Despite looming costs, pair's got the cash flow
Charles and Mona have a lot of big-ticket items coming their way in the next several years. They have three grown children, and they plan to pay for weddings for two of them in the next two years.

Sarasota Memorial picks firms for projects
Two major Sarasota Memorial Hospital projects are moving forward with the selection of development and construction firms.

Sallie Mae Gives Guidance on Selecting Student Loans for College

Sallie Mae Gives Guidance on Selecting Student Loans for College
Yahoo! News (press release) - Apr 13, 2006RESTON, Va., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A college education is an investment that creates an abundance of personal and professional rewards over one's lifetime. ...

Dear top tax bracket,
The Daily Evergreen, WA - Apr 24, 2006... investment tax cuts. I also read a story about the new budget law that affects federal loans for college students. Interest rates ...

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Education II Feature Package
Yahoo! News (press release) - Apr 13, 2006... Freezer and Microwave in One to Give College Bound Students a Taste of Home 5. Sallie Mae Gives Guidance on Selecting Student Loans for College 6. Championing ...

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SimpleTuition Raises $4.4 Million in Financing; Atlas Venture and ...
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Apr 14, 2006The process of assembling education loans for college is a complicated and frustrating experience for many students and parents. ...

Student Loan - GOP split heading down the stretch

GOP split heading down the stretch
Division among the legislators remains in key areas such as Medicaid fraud, TIF subsidies.

Sarasota Memorial picks firms for projects
Two major Sarasota Memorial Hospital projects are moving forward with the selection of development and construction firms.

How to Get More Cash for College


Students weigh college financial aid packages
Millions of high school seniors have until May 1 to decide where they are going to college. One of the critical factors in the decision is money -- as in how much aid colleges are offering.

Committee still seeking direction for loan funds
JEFFERSON CITY The House Budget Committee dumped proposals to use the expected profits from a sale of student loans on initatives unrelated to higher education before passing the bill that had initially put some of the money toward building a womens prison in Chillicothe.

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Family finances: College loan consolidation can be a good deal

Family finances: College loan consolidation can be a good deal
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - May 11, 2006By Alan Lavine and Gail Liberman. If your son or daughter has adjustable-rate college loans and they're getting ready to graduate ...

Grad books career in no time
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - May 4, 2006... "He probably has more money than I do for sure," said Summers' mother. "He just may have to pay his college loan himself.". SUMMERS ...

ELM Resources Celebrates Record Year and Elects New Board Members ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Apr 12, 2006... Kurt Schneiber Citibank, The Student Loan Corporation Michael McFarlane Citizens Bank Jim Avett College Foundation Joe Kakaty College Loan Corporation Therese ...

Buildings seem firm, rest of MOHELA plan keeps changing
Kansas City Star, MO - Apr 26, 2006JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - If a proposal to sell some of the assets of Missouri's college loan authority goes through, it now seems a pretty sure bet that most of ...

Twists in MOHELA plans snag legislative action
Columbia Missourian, MO - May 5, 2006JEFFERSON CITY The governor s plan to use the profits expected from a college loan sale ran into a couple of serious glitches just one day before the ...

Committee still seeking direction for loan funds
Columbia Missourian, MO - Apr 19, 2006... college campuses. The House voted in March to use the $75 million expected from the college loan sale to pay off state bond debt. On ...