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Student loan debt causing ‘crippling’ financial stress
BY NADIA RAMLAGANKY NEWS CONNECTION Kentuckians collectively owe more than $20 million in student loan debt, and a new informal survey sheds light on how hefty student-loan payments affect the lives of borrowers in the Commonwealth. Research from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy found nearly one in five residents owe student debt, including 20,000
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Water district debt increases
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Water District customers have paid a debt service surcharge in addition to their monthly water bills since March 2018 to reduce the district’s past-due vendor debts. Nearly four years later that debt has grown from $800,000 to over $1.1 million. The Kentucky Public Service Commission initially
