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Dollar General and Kathy Ireland Launch $50,000 ‘Reading Revolution’ at Andrew Jackson Elementary

Dollar General and Kathy Ireland Launch $50,000 ‘Reading Revolution’ at Andrew Jackson Elementary

Dollar General and supermodel-turned-business leader Kathy Ireland are turning the spotlight on student literacy this week with a surprise $50,000 “Reading Revolution” donation and hundreds of cozy reading-themed gifts for Andrew Jackson Elementary School in Old Hickory, Tennessee. The initiative, highlighted today in new coverage from Drug Store News, is part of Dollar General’s long-running Reading Revolution program and its broader Here For What Matters community platform. Drug Store News+1 Inside Dollar General’s $50,000 Reading Revolution Surprise At a school event earlier this week, Dollar General presented Andrew Jackson Elementary with a $50,000 Reading Revolution grant — funds that school
14 November 2025
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White House U-Turn: Student Loan Forgiveness Approved for Millions After Court Deal

White House U-Turn: Student Loan Forgiveness Approved for Millions After Court Deal

The Trump administration quietly agreed to a court-supervised settlement with the AFT on Oct. 17, 2025, directing the Department of Education to speed up student loan cancellations under existing federal programs foxbusiness.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The deal – awaiting final judge approval – requires DOE to process forgiveness applications for all borrowers who hit the payment threshold in qualifying Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans (original ICR, PAYE, and the classic IBR) as long as those plans exist foxbusiness.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. In practice, this means millions of borrowers who made 20–25 years of payments will finally see remaining balances wiped out, whereas under the administration’s
21 October 2025
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