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A key legislative committee approved a bill that would raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $10 later this year and put the state on a path to having the wage reach $15 by 2024.

Ross told CNBC he is puzzled by reports of federal workers turning to food banks and other forms of relief.

An anonymous donor is distributing $500,000 in interest-free loans to unpaid government workers during the shutdown.

The U.S. Treasury Department has asked nearly 50,000 employees to work without pay as the historic government shutdown continues.

Amanda Koller is getting her second master's degree. She has applied for more than 1,100 jobs in the past year. She hasn't gotten any full-time job offers.

The Fed said in a statement it is raising the key borrowing rate to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.50 percent — the highest level in a decade.

One national survey of freshmen found that about 9 percent were undecided; after they’ve picked a major, one third change their minds at least once.

This is the story of Seth Frotman, the mangling of the program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and what it says about America's student loan industry.

At the center of the lawsuit is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

"If we're going to talk about poverty, we have to address racial disparities."

In a city where a quarter of households earn less than $1,000 a month, many surviving family members struggle to pay off these bureaucratic fees.

Consumers can now freeze their credit for free under a new federal law.

The funds have underreported the money paid to private equity firms by a third over the last decade. That's $3.8 billion the state didn't know about.