FAFSA submissions plunge 27% in Colorado amid financial aid mess

Nearly 27% fewer aspiring Colorado college students have submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid this year compared to 2023 amid a federal financial aid fiasco. That drop has state higher education leaders worried the ongoing delays and confusion surrounding the revamped financial aid application — known as FAFSA — will deter students from … Read more

Early Retirement vs. Bigger Checks: Boomers Face Key Social Security Decision

The year is 2024, and the “baby boom” generation is reaching a milestone: “peak 65.” Over the next few years, an astounding 11,200 individuals will turn 65 every day, marking a substantial demographic shift in the U.S. However, many in this cohort may be taken aback to learn that their golden years won’t be quite … Read more

Totalisation pact: India shares social security data with US

New Delhi: India has shared with the US data on its social security schemes such as EPFO, NPS and ESIC, as it seeks a totalisation agreement with Washington. New Delhi, will this week, push for a totalisation pact to do away with dual social security taxation for its workers, with USTR Katherine Tai under the … Read more

Houston homelessness roadmap pays off big, offering lessons for Denver

HOUSTON — The apartment complex where Teresa Eddins now lives is so quiet that “you can hear a pin drop” at night, she says — a stark contrast to the constant noise she withstood while living beneath a bridge two years ago. She was one of the first people who moved into a former hotel in … Read more