After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student loan borrowers will be on the hook for payments starting in late August. A new debt bill passed by Congress removed any hope that the Biden administration would extend the pause again if the Supreme Court strikes down the White House's student loan cancellation. Among the most vulnerable borrowers are those who finished college during the pandemic. Millions have never had to make a loan payment, and their bills will soon start coming amid soaring inflation and forecasts of economic recession.
After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student loan borrowers will be on the hook for payments starting in late August. A new debt bill passed by Congress removed any hope that the Biden administration would extend the pause again if the Supreme Court strikes down the White House's student loan cancellation. Among the most vulnerable borrowers are those who finished college during the pandemic. Millions have never had to make a loan payment, and their bills will soon start coming amid soaring inflation and forecasts of economic recession.
BISBEE — In 2018, following the advice of the Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Arizona against the country’s largest manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids.
SIERRA VISTA — The jitters may still be there, but investors and depositors — many with their nest eggs parked in Cochise County financial institutions — can hopefully come up for a little air.
An offshoot of Better Bucks — the program that offers vouchers to those in need to purchase goods and services — is expected to launch another opportunity in January that will provide work for Sierra Vista’s homeless.
PALOMINAS — Inflation is kicking everyone hard and the people who run Horse’n Around Rescue Ranch and Foundation, and the needy equines they bring into their fold, are feeling the pain as prices for everything from feed to medication continue to skyrocket.
DOUGLAS — Starting Monday, non-citizens from Mexico traveling to the United States for leisure will be allowed back across the border after an 18-month shutdown by U.S. officials that prevented these individuals from coming into this country to shop, eat and stay at local accommodations.
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WILLCOX — In fiscal year 2022, the city of Willcox budget is projected to be more than $7.2 million, a big jump from fiscal years 2020 and 2021 when it was more than $4.4 million.
SIERRA VISTA — A $1.2 million gift left to the Nancy J. Brua Animal Care Center has helped jumpstart an expansion plan at the facility that was put on hold for lack of funding.
SIERRA VISTA — City Council members were presented with a tentative budget earlier this week that rose by almost $1 million in one day, courtesy of spiking construction costs nationwide.
SIERRA VISTA — A detailed look at the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget was presented to the Sierra Vista City Council last week, and it includes some pricey road and public bathroom revamps.
SIERRA VISTA — A bitcoin mining operation near Douglas received approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission during Wednesday’s regular meeting.
SIERRA VISTA — Sierra Vista Unified School District bond oversight committee members were updated on the progression of bond projects Tuesday, and voted against a bus refueling station the district is proposing to construct.
BENSON — Questions about whether a 28,000-home, master-planned community along State Route 90 in Benson would move ahead without a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water permit have become moot after the agency recently reinstated the permit after nearly two years.
BISBEE — An error in the secondary tax rate for Willcox property owners was found by the state, and now Cochise County has to reset the rate at zero and figure out how to refund the money already paid.
PHOENIX — Arizona individual taxpayers could end up being hit with an extra $236 million in taxes if the governor and lawmakers follow their regular practice of trying to keep the annual state income tax relatively simple.
BISBEE — Though the Bisbee City Council passed the refinancing of the wastewater treatment plant, which would result in a lowering of residential and commercial fees, it appears the rates will increase.
According to data from Arizona’s Office of Economic Opportunity, job numbers in the Cochise County economy held steady in the 12 months ended August. The government sector picked up 100 jobs for 12-month job growth of 0.9 percent. Within government, state and local government jobs were up by…
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PHOENIX — To hear the proponents of Proposition 126 tell it, Arizona lawmakers are champing at the bit to tax medical services, child care and even veterinary bills.
SIERRA VISTA — The Sierra Vista Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (SVHC) hosted a multi-chamber mixer in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month on Wednesday at the Windemere Hotel, giving officials and business owners from both sides of the border a chance to mingle and discuss plans for the future.
BENSON — Cochise County administrator Ed Gilligan was direct in his recent comments to a roomful of community and business leaders about the need to improve the county’s economic situation.
SIERRA VISTA — On Tuesday morning, the Sierra Vista Area Chamber of Commerce brought together business owners, community leaders, nonprofit organizations and law enforcement personnel together for its monthly Good Morning event.
SIERRA VISTA — The Sierra Vista City Council had little to discuss about the tentative 2018-19 budget during its most recent work session on Tuesday.
