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With its donations increasing, a charity formed by the older brother of a firefighter who died in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was poised to up its game.Its mission to pay the mortgages of families of deceased…

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Most want to avoid payday loans, which offer quick cash against future paychecks without a credit check and come with an interest rate of over 500%. But rapidly rising prices for food, fuel and rent leave them with few options.To predatory…

As family and survivors commemorate the one-year anniversary of the deadly Surfside, Fla. collapse on Friday, June 24, two Southern California companies are offering new tools to help condo buyers and owners assess the strength of their own…

California Special: Until sales collapse 30%, prices begin to "moderate", San Francisco condo prices decline year over year. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Sales that closed in May of single-family homes, condos, co-ops and row…

RMF has six Arizona-based loan officers dedicated to serving senior homeowners across the state. BLOOMFIELD, NJ/ACCESSWIRE/June 21, 2022/ Reverse Mortgage Financing, LLC (RMF) today announced its expanded presence in the state of Arizona.…

California is the land of dreams and extremes and nowhere is that more evident than in the state's very low homeownership rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, only 56% of California families live in homes they own,…

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California will cover doula services for low-income residents at more than double the initial rate proposed by the state under a spending plan passed by lawmakers this week. Some supporters hailed the new perk by Medical, the state…

Activist, filmmaker and best-selling author Raj Patel was dressed as a genetically modified tomato when he met Rupa Marya, MD over a decade ago. They were at a protest organized against the use of pesticides, and Marya, who is both a…

California released another strong jobs report on Friday as the jobless rate fell to its lowest level since before the pandemic; but the news was overshadowed this week by the surer signs of a…

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California would be the first state to require gun owners to carry liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure announced Thursday. “Guns kill more…

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Until last year, Georgia's Medicaid coverage for low-income new moms was 60 days.That meant many women's Medicaid benefits expired before they could be referred to other medical providers for help with serious health issues, said Dr. Keila…

More struggling California homeowners are now eligible for mortgage relief, after the state on Tuesday expanded a COVID-19 program designed to help those who fell behind on their payments during the pandemic. Homeowners who missed payments…

In 1994, Congress passed the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USER) with the goal of prohibiting discrimination against members of the military in employment, as well as ensuring minimal disruption to…

In summary Beating Wednesday's deadline, Democratic lawmakers pushed through a plan to spend California's record budget surplus, but key negotiations remain with Governor Newsom. There are major…

Currently, Michigan is the only state in the nation that prohibits discrimination based on height or weight under its civil rights law, and there is no such federal law.New Jersey State Sen. Andrew Zwicker of D-Monmouth Junction would like…

Angelenos, congratulations — you officially live in one of the worst metro areas for first-time home buyers, according to a new study from Bankrate.com. Of the 50 largest metro areas surveyed, Los Angeles ranked 49th…

Last year, the New Jersey State Board of Inquiry issued a "Badge abuse" report which revealed that many municipalities in the Garden State still appoint constables.The practice began in the 1600s when there were no police, and the British…

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A Middlesex County jury found a Jamesburg man guilty of kill his own father and a second man before setting fire to a house in a cover-up attempt more than two years ago.Jaree Kitchen, 24, was convicted of the 2019 murders of Clifford…

Jessica Altman took over in March as general manager of Covered California, and even as she settled into a new home in Sacramento she was also touring congressional leaders to convey how much Californians want access to health insurance.…

Todd Ament, the former head of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, has accepted a plea bargain amid a sweeping political corruption scandal in Orange County.According to a filing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, Ament will plead…

Although Possible Finance can quickly offer small loans to borrowers with bad credit (or no credit), it charges higher APRs than some other personal lenders. Here's how Possible Finance's installment loans stack up…

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California's gay insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara survived an intraparty challenge in his primary race on Tuesday to qualify for November's general election where he could run against a Republican opponent. Because several…

Hotels, resorts and water parks that have a liquor license would have the ability to open swim-up bars for adult guests under bipartisan House legislation directed at Governor Gretchen Whitmer after a vote of 37 to 1 in the State Senate.…

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Is an automatic service charge, charged by some restaurants in New Jersey, essentially the same as a tip?Not necessarily, according to the New Jersey Business and Industry Association.At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and with…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Less than a year after easily fending off a recall effort, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is back on the ballot in Tuesday's primary where the focus won't be this time around. on whether he wins, but by…

Eleven regional markets have been given a high-risk label, namely: Atlanta, Georgia; Boise, Idaho; Cape Coral, Florida; Deltona, Florida; Des Moines, Iowa; Jacksonville, Florida; Lakeland, Florida;…

Banner (NASDAQ:BANR – Get a rating) and Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ: AUBN – Get a rating) are both finance companies, but which company is better? We'll compare the two companies based on earnings!-->…

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You've heard of golden handcuffs. This is when a company pays you generously to dissuade you from going to work elsewhere.Some of us hold ourselves back with a different kind of golden handcuffs: low mortgage rates. Economists call this…

While earthquake insurance is optional in California, home insurers must offer it to first-time buyers. Earthquake insurance covers your…

Summer is the season for the great outdoors, and getting a new toy, like a boat or an RV, is a dream come true for many people. But with rising interest rates, spikes in the cost of oil, and general economic uncertainty, you might be…

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The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.5% on Wednesday and signaled that further hikes are on the way.The central bank's decision to raise its rate by half a percentage point was widely expected as it strives to…

Amazon.com Inc. is at the forefront of efforts to help workers obtain citizenship and other immigration benefits, an effort to attract and retain talent, as government officials and business groups consider immigrants as the key to meeting…

UNIVERSAL PRE-K: A bid to provide free preschool to all 3- and 4-year-old Californians has had a nearly frictionless path through the state house. But as a season of intra-party budget haggling descends on Sacramento, it's likely to get…

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His number came 100% more than the cost of our last store, and the matter is no longer in pencil. By John E. McNellis, director at a real estate developer McNellis Partnersfor WOLF STREET: A great entrepreneur in San Francisco told…

The San Francisco Chronicle won a total of 43 accolades at this year's California Journalism Awards, including first place for photography, feature writing, arts and entertainment coverage, and layout and design by www.sfchronicle.com.…

MARINA — The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership's eighth annual virtual economic outlook event featured guest speaker economist Christopher Thornberg, who said housing is the solution to the labor shortage on the Central Coast. There are…

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The insurance industry says it could take up to six weeks to get an idea of ​​how many hundreds of millions of dollars in payouts will be needed following the weekend storm that brought death and destruction in Ontario and…

In recent years, cryptocurrencies have been integrated into traditional financial tools such as automated teller machines (ATMs), loadable debit cards, point-of-sale devices and direct payments for all kinds of goods and services. .…

Nearly 44 million adults experience an episode of mental illness in any given year according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Of these, the experience of 10 million adults in the United States with mental illness was so…

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Karla Mosley stars in "The Most Beautiful Home...Maybe" at REDCAT.(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) "If we can get used to seeing people living in tents, and that's the norm, then we can also get used to the idea that…

Retail therapy in bars and restaurants, cannabis stores and e-commerce? Other retailers not so lucky. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Retail sales jumped 0.9% in April from March, after jumping 1.4% in March from February, to $678…

Online payday loan companies that charged up to 919% interest will spend $489 million to repay some 555,000 borrowers, to settle a class action lawsuit brought by eight Virginians.The lawsuit alleged that Golden Valley Lending; Silver…

As banks and non-bank lenders recently released their results for the first quarter of 2022, two things became clear: origination volume fell across the board, but those who managed to muster a strong quarter benefited from portfolio…

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ATLANTA (AP) — A federal trial for reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges of bank fraud and tax evasion is set to begin Monday in Atlanta.The trial begins just days after E! announced it was moving forward with a new dating…

As families from 900 homes remain evacuated and homes and cars melt to the frame due to the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, some may check their homes' wildfire insurance coverage and ask if there are other options, like the…

California's housing crisis affects residents of all races and ethnicities, but the lack of affordable housing is particularly acute for African Americans and Latinos. Skyrocketing rents in many California metropolitan…

City Council approved a pilot program at its May 5 meeting to provide monthly payments of $1,000 to 85 households for an entire year. Once…

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Hello and welcome to Essential California newsletter. It is Wednesday May 11. I am Justin Ray.Los Angeles residents were expected to begin receiving their ballots this week to have their say on who will be the city's next mayor.Candidates…

More than a decade after launching participatory budgeting programs in several neighborhoods, the City is bringing the idea to all five boroughs. Ramatu Ahmed…

This story is published as part of Teen Vogue's 2022 Economic Security Project Scholarship.As the COVID-19 pandemic crippled the global economy in March 2020, a particular trend emerged in several cities: people started hanging white sheets…

Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns will make a big announcement regarding housing and foreclosures this Thursday.The county clerk's office tweeted information about a surplus of more than $6 million.Kearns joined Clay and Company earlier this…

When mortgage money is plentiful and readily available, lenders are eager to lend to almost any buyer. But when mortgage availability tightens, as is the case with rising interest rates in 2022, loan approvals become more…

According to a statewide poll released Monday.More than three-quarters of state residents surveyed still consider four-year degrees valuable. But they are split on whether higher education is still as useful today for securing better…

So the Fed is getting ready to pull away from the bond market, and all sorts of things are happening. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The price of the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF , which tracks an index of long-dated Treasury…

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City Council approved a pilot program at its Thursday, May 5 meeting to provide monthly payments of $1,000 to 85 households for an entire year. Once people are accepted into the guaranteed income pilot, they…

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A jury has handed the Kardashians a landslide victory in former reality TV star Blac Chyna's lawsuit against them. The Los Angeles jury found that none of the members defamed Chyna or interfered with her contract by convincing E!…

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But wait a minute… crude oil futures are well below a record low. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The average retail price of No. 2 on-road diesel has jumped at $5.51 a gallon at the pump on Monday, May 2, the highest on record, the…

By James Mills (May 2, 2022, 3:57 p.m. EDT) – Gordon & Rees LLP has added Clausen Miller PC litigator and insurance adjuster as a partner in its Orange County office in Irvine, CA.Michael W. Goodin joins Gordon Rees' insurance…

By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton, California's only black DA, recently joined state Attorney General Rob Bonta and acting Richmond Police Chief Louie Tirona to announce…

It is well established that the State Utilities Commission has a major league bias favoring the large companies it regulates over the consumers they serve. Governor Gavin Newsom's penchant is also evident in his refusal to seriously…

Leimert Park resident Natalie Mallard has fond childhood memories of her great-uncle. She remembers seeing him dress in a tuxedo before attending fancy dinners and meetings. She remembers seeing him travel all over the country, venturing…

The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a liberal black money powerhouse that has donated $2.5 million to a group fighting the GOP initiative and another $700,000 to a new Promote the Vote committee seeking to expand human rights vote in the Michigan…

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For millions of Americans, the biggest incentive to complete their tax returns every spring is the prospect of getting a large sum of money at the end of the process.Averaging $3,100 this year, the tax refund is an important source…

Food and fuel price shocks from war in Ukraine will last at least 3 years, World Bank saysGlobal food and fuel price shocks related to the Russian-Ukrainian war are expected to last at least until the end of 2024 and increase the risk of…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signaled he may forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments, a lawmaker who discussed the matter with him said Wednesday. The White House was notably…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard to a four-year term as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, elevating her to the Fed's No. the central bank's…