debt relief

The City of Peoria is taking close to $500,000 dollars in debt owed by Exposition Gardens off its books, after the city spent $1.2 million to purchase the property at a foreclosure auction in September.

The city of Peoria is re-enrolling in a state program to collect on their debts, while also launching a new program to forgive some of them.

About 2,700 Illinois students of for-profit schools will receive about $3 million in debt relief under a national settlement with a Pittsburgh company…