In 2015, this millennial had a negative bank balance—now she earns $145,000 a year and just bought her first home

Looking around her one-bedroom apartment, Andrea Contreras gazes from the guitar collection on the wall to the Gucci-inspired sweatshirt her Yorkie mix, Kuzco, wears. She can’t believe it’s all hers. “Five years ago, I had nothing,” the 31-year-old remembers. Years of partying in her early 20s landed Contreras in a dark place: She had no […]

Student loan borrowers say the government is unfairly taking their tax refunds — here’s what they are doing about it

Thousands of student loan borrowers who seriously need their tax refund money now aren’t getting it because the federal government isn’t following its own rules, a new lawsuit charges. The $2.2 trillion stimulus bill passed in March put a six-month pause on the Department of Education’s ability to take someone’s tax refund money and apply […]