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Marc YachtMarch 4, 2015

According to the Institute for College Access & Success student loan debt is on the rise. Sixty percent of graduates from public institutions, 75 percent of graduates from private non-profit schools and 88 percent from for-profit schools, incurred significant debt. Families earning under $40,000 annually can receive Pell Grants. Surprisingly, Pell recipients tend to borrow […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 14, 2015

All modes of transportation suddenly are controversial here in South Florida. Most amusingly, Donald Trump has sued to stop Palm Beach International Airport from flying jets over his estate at Mar-a-Lago on Palm Beach. The lawsuit alleges the county is maliciously rerouting the planes to target him. He wants $100 million. It’s the latest in […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 14, 2015

All modes of transportation suddenly are controversial here in South Florida. Most amusingly, Donald Trump has sued to stop Palm Beach International Airport from flying jets over his estate at Mar-a-Lago on Palm Beach. The lawsuit alleges the county is maliciously rerouting the planes to target him. He wants $100 million. It’s the latest in […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 14, 2015

All modes of transportation suddenly are controversial here in South Florida. Most amusingly, Donald Trump has sued to stop Palm Beach International Airport from flying jets over his estate at Mar-a-Lago on Palm Beach. The lawsuit alleges the county is maliciously rerouting the planes to target him. He wants $100 million. It’s the latest in […]

Florence SnyderMarch 31, 2014

Florida agency heads have been lying to reporters, spinning like dreidels, and withholding public records since the Chiles administration. So let’s give Rick Scott’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner points for breaking new ground with his prior restraint on journalist, author, Florida State University (FSU) professor and all-around state treasure Diane Roberts. Roberts is an eighth […]

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Marc Yacht: College loans creating a debt crisis

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: You can’t get there from here without a lawyer

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: You can't get there from here without a lawyer

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: You can't get there from here without a lawyer

Florence Snyder: Detzner praises “witty” speaker, then cancels her lecture