WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: New data show 6.9 million borrowers are enrolled in the Administration's most affordable repayment plan Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that next month it will start providing forgiveness after as few as 10 years of payments for borrowers on the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan who originally took out $12,000 or less for college. Borrowers enrolled in SAVE who are eligi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following fact sheet: * * * Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that over 20 million Americans have signed up for 2024 individual market health insurance coverage through the Marketplaces since the start of the 2024 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on Nov  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today that over 20 million people have selected an Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace plan since the 2024 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period launched on November 1 -- a record number of enrollments. Today's data represen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: For the past 25 years, Congress has upheld a bipartisan commitment to provide full funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to serve every eligible participant that applies. Following this week's announcement of a bipartisan agreement on topline funding levels for fiscal year 2024 appropriations and as negotiations still continue in Congress on a fina  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news: Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the following appointments to the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy; Board of Firefighter Training and Education; Board of Nursing, Board of Pharmacy; Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Authority; Governor's Residence Council; Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission; Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, Deafblind and Ha  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District in coordination with the City of Sheridan, Wyoming, will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, from 6-7 p.m. at the Best Western Sheridan Center located at 612 North Main Street in Sheridan, Wyoming regarding the Draft Feasibility Report for the Little Goose Creek General Investigations feasibility study and to receive inp  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows: * Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 1,045,000 acre-feet (af), which is 83% of the 30-year average of 1,264,000 af. As of January 1, Bighorn Lake is 93% full.* * Buffalo Bill Reservoir -   more