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The federal government resumed student loan debt collection on May 5, meaning borrowers in default can risk wage garnishment, withholding of government benefits and refunds, and negative impacts to credit scores if they don't start repaying loans.

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Student loan collections are back. What borrowers need to know to avoid wage garnishment or credit damage.

Conveyor belts with recycled materials at Waste Management in Philadelphia on Nov. 12, 2024.

Here’s where you can recycle your old electronics in and around Philly this spring

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The Art Star Craft Bazaar returns to Cherry Street Pier this weekend just in time for Mother's Day.

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The best things to do in Philadelphia this weekend

Amber Burns and Lauren McCutcheon

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The Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens runs through September 28.

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The best things to do in Philadelphia this week

Amber Burns and Lauren McCutcheon

The Streets Department demonstrates their new four-foot wide mechanical broom (Ravo street sweeper truck) in North Philadelphia Aug. 2, 2021. .

2025 Street Sweeping: Full list of neighborhoods and cleaning zones

On 42d Street in Mantua, city worker Ohrante Carter spreads asphalt in a pothole, one of at least 12 the crew repaired Thursday.

Philly’s free shared driveway and pothole repair program is back. Here’s how to apply.

Rocky Balboa's REAL ID. A state ID that has a gold star in the upper-right hand corner means that it's a REAL ID.

REAL ID deadline is approaching — how to get yours in Pennsylvania

As new immigration policies strengthen Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Philadelphia immigration experts help explain your rights.

¿Cuáles son tus derechos si ICE llega a tu hogar o trabajo?

As new immigration policies strengthen Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Philadelphia immigration experts help explain your rights.

What are your rights if ICE comes to your home or work?

Trash & recycling

Philadelphia trash collector Mamadou Sacko empties a trash can on a route in the Northeast in 2014.

Trash & recycling

How early can you put out your trash in Philly? Your garbage questions, answered.

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