Fuel prices are soaring to record highs amid natural gas, oil, and coal supply shortages which are expected to last through the winter. Home heating costs in the coming months are expected to be much higher than last year. In addition to wearing sweaters indoors, sealing leaky windows and doors, hanging heavier window coverings, replacing dirty heater filters, and making smarter decisions about energy usage, some people are considering becoming their own energy producers by installing small wind turbines and/or solar panels on their homes.

CARES ACT STUDENT LOAN RELIEF EXTENDED AGAIN THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2022

 

On August 6th, the Education Department announced they will extend student relief for millions of Americans. In what the department is calling the final extension, the moratorium on federal student loan payments, initially instituted by the Trump administration in March 2020, will now continue through January of 2022.