News Releases. 1  Department of Health Selects Vendor for Medical Marijuana âSeed-to-Saleâ Tracking System. 2  Department of Health Seeking Two Individuals Who May Have Been Bitten by Possible Rabid Ferret near Hustontown, Fulton County.
The Stafford loan program offers subsidized low interest student loans to qualifying applicants. The interest rates for the 2011 â 2012 school year are currently as low as 3.4%. The Stafford program also offers unsubsidized loans depending on the students needs. These unsubsidized loans are currently offering fixed interest rates of 6.8%.
S&Pâs main rivals in the credit-rating business -- Moodyâs Investors Service and Fitch Ratings -- already rate Californiaâs debt the lowest of any state, and below A-level. Moodyâs rating is Baa1; Fitchâs rating is BBB. Falling bond ratings often can drive up the interest rates a state or municipality must pay to borrow. But in Californiaâs case, even as the budget picture has worsened over the last two months the market for the stateâs bonds has been fairly placid, with yields on the securities holding relatively steady.