by Zongwei Li | Aug 8, 2013 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON – If the Congressional Budget Office is right, the recently-passed bipartisan student loan bill should be able to keep interest rates under the current level for at least four more years. By Kavya Sukumar But the lawmakers aren’t likely to wait for...
by Zongwei Li | Jul 31, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — A bill that would give college students better loan rates immediately is finally on its way to President Barack Obama. The House voted 392-31 Wednesday in favor of a Senate deal to lower the interest rates on federal Stafford loans by tying them to...
by Zongwei Li | Jul 30, 2013 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The original sculptor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial will start removing a disputed quote from the statue this week. Yixin Lei, a sculptor from the People’s Republic of China, plans to start work when he arrives Tuesday at West Potomac Park, where...
by Zongwei Li | Jul 25, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Students’ wait for a congressional fix for the July 1 hike on their federal student loan rates appears to be nearing an end, with the Senate passing a bill this week to lower the rates and House Republicans supporting the Senate version. The Senate...
