On Dec. 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education said it will begin administrative wage garnishment for borrowers with ...

Above, a worker scans land in the Waikoloa Maneuver Area on the Big Island for unexploded ordnance from World War II. Shirley Gambill-De Rego, a mortgage broker and a Puukapu beneficiary, has helped ...

The Keawala’i Congregational Church near Makena Bay on the island of Maui was founded in 1832. Members living near the beach gathered coral rocks and those on the forest side supplied lumber for a ...

Opinion. During the 2020 Democratic presidential primary season there were at one point more than two dozen candidates vying for the nomination. Candidates worked hard to differentiate themselves from ...

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LAME DEER, Mont. — The GI bill has near-mythic significance in American history — generations of veterans got an education and an easy home loan, the sort of thing that pulls families up into the ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Wednesday that it will lower the VA Native American Direct Loan (NADL) program interest rate from 6% to 2.5% in an effort to make housing ...

The GI Bill has a mythic significance in American history. Generations of veterans got educations and easy home loans; you know, the kinds of things that pull families up into the middle class. But ...

Native American veterans -- or veterans married to Native Americans -- can receive loans for homes on federal trust lands at a lower rate for up to the next two years. The Department of Veterans ...

Native 360 Loan Fund Inc. is a nonprofit in Grand Island that provides Native American entrepreneurs with customized, ongoing technical assistance plans and access to industry-specific consultants and ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – Ten years ago, Cheryl Cloud, a member of the Bad River Ojibwe Tribe in northern Wisconsin, dreamed of starting a business with her partner, but her bad credit was a major obstacle.