The Washington Post - USA (2022-05-29)

C14 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.SUNDAY, MAY 29 , 2022

AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST

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T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm FrontStationary Front

NATIONAL Today Tomorrow

High

Low

Normal

Record high

Record low

Reagan Dulles BWI

Reagan Dulles BWI

Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)

WORLD Today Tomorrow

Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized

Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air

quality data); National Weather Service

* AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®

combines over a dozen factors for an accurate

measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,

sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,

sn-snow, i-ice

Moon Phases Solar system

NATION

OFFICIAL RECORD

Rise Set

REGION

Past 24 hours

Total this month

Normal

Total this year

Normal

Richmond

Norfolk

Ocean City

Annapolis

Dover

Cape May

Baltimore

Charlottesville

Lexington

Washington

Virginia Beach

Kitty Hawk

Harrisburg Philadelphia

Hagerstown

Davis

OCEAN:

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Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Yesterday's National

80° 2:35 p.m.

63° 5:12 a.m.

80°/62°

97 ° 1941

42° 1961

76° 1:20 p.m.

60° 5:32 a.m.

78 °/57°

90° 2019

37 ° 1994

81° 3:19 p.m.

63° 6:00 a.m.

79°/57°

97 ° 1941

38° 1961

Washington 2:35 a.m. 8:11 a.m. 3:27 p.m. 8:42 p.m.
Annapolis 5:36 a.m. 12:12 p.m. 5:24 p.m. 11:15 p.m.
Ocean City 1:46 a.m. 7:28 a.m. 1:29 p.m. 7:50 p.m.
Norfolk 3:52 a.m. 9:43 a.m. 3:33 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
Point Lookout 1:28 a.m. 8:36 a.m. 1:27 p.m. 6:54 p.m.

83

°

67 ° 90

°

71 ° 96

°

75 ° 92

°

72 ° 83

°

66 ° 79

°

64 °

Sun 5:46 a.m. 8:25 p.m.

Moon 5:08 a.m. 7:57 p.m.

Venus 4:03 a.m. 5:14 p.m.

Mars 2:53 a.m. 2:57 p.m.

Jupiter 2:50 a.m. 2:58 p.m.

Saturn 1:16 a.m. 11:48 a.m.

May 30

New

June 7

First

Quarter

June 14

Full

June 20

Last

Quarter

0.20"

6.36"

3.56"

18.96"

15.75"

0.56"

6.85"

4.26"

17.22"

16. 78 "

0.20"

5.39"

3.47"

19.02"

16.85"

Blue Ridge: Today, mostly sunny. High 67 to 74. Winds
south 6–12 mph. Tonight, a starry night. Low 56 to 62.
Winds south–southwest 4–8 mph. Monday, mostly sunny.
High 71 to 78. Winds southwest 6–12 mph. Tuesday, sunny;
very warm in northern parts.

Atlantic beaches: Today, mostly sunny. High 71 to 81.
Winds east 6–12 mph. Tonight, a star–studded sky. Low
60 to 64. Winds south 4–8 mph. Monday, mostly sunny.
High 72 to 84. Winds south–southwest 7–14 mph. Tuesday,
sunny, but some clouds in the south.

Pollen: Moderate

Grass Moderate

Tr ees Low

Weeds Low

Mold Moderate

UV: Extreme

11 out of 11+

Air Quality: Moderate

Dominant cause: Ozone

86/ 64

81/ 64

71/62

79/6 4

79/ 63

73/62

84/64

85/ 63

84/62

77/65

77/66

83/ 64 83/^65

82/ 64

77/56 83/ 67

64°

61°

66°

62°

Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, mostly sunny. Wind
east–southeast 4–8 knots. Waves less than a foot. Visibility clear.

• Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, mostly sunny. Wind
  west 4–8 knots. Waves 0–1 foot on the Lower Potomac; 1–2 feet on
  the Chesapeake Bay.• River Stages: The stage at Little Falls will be
  around 4.20 feet today, falling to 4.10 Monday. Flood stage at Little
  Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 80/58/pc 88/68/pc

Albuquerque 86/53/pc 82/54/s

Anchorage 66/51/s 66/50/s

Atlanta 87/68/s 88/68/pc

Austin 97/74/s 95/75/pc

Baltimore 84/64/s 91/69/s

Billings, MT 62/47/sh 56/43/r

Birmingham 87/68/s 88/68/s

Bismarck, ND 75/53/pc 66/50/r

Boise 52/41/sh 53/45/sh

Boston 75/62/pc 85/66/pc

Buffalo 76/64/pc 81/67/s

Burlington, VT 79/58/pc 83/63/c

Charleston, SC 88/69/s 86/70/t

Charleston, WV 85/61/s 90/64/s

Charlotte 87/66/s 89/67/pc

Cheyenne, WY 66/42/t 57/39/c

Chicago 85/69/pc 90/72/s

Cincinnati 83/65/pc 86/68/s

Cleveland 81/66/s 88/68/s

Dallas 95/72/s 91/74/pc

Denver 71/45/t 63/41/t

Des Moines 88/71/pc 89/66/s

Detroit 82/67/s 90/71/s

El Paso 96/70/s 96/64/s

Fairbanks, AK 74/47/s 76/50/pc

Fargo, ND 79/57/t 72/52/t

Hartford, CT 81/58/pc 90/71/pc

Honolulu 85/72/sh 85/73/s

Houston 92/75/s 90/77/pc

Indianapolis 83/65/pc 86/66/s

Jackson, MS 88/67/s 89/67/pc

Jacksonville, FL 89/70/s 87/69/t

Kansas City, MO 89/73/pc 87/70/s

Las Vegas 88/64/s 83/65/s

Little Rock 90/68/s 90/69/s

Los Angeles 73/58/pc 76/58/pc

Louisville 85/67/s 90/69/s

Memphis 87/68/s 87/70/s

Miami 87/75/t 85/77/t

Milwaukee 79/68/pc 85/71/pc

Minneapolis 85/68/pc 89/62/pc

Nashville 87/65/s 89/67/s

New Orleans 87/74/pc 89/75/pc

New York City 78/64/s 88/74/s

Norfolk 81/64/s 84/68/s

Oklahoma City 90/70/s 86/72/pc

Omaha 92/73/pc 90/60/t

Orlando 91/71/t 89/72/t

Philadelphia 83/65/s 90/70/s

Phoenix 95/72/s 95/70/s

Pittsburgh 80/61/s 88/64/s

Portland, ME 74/55/pc 80/57/pc

Portland, OR 61/50/sh 64/51/c

Providence, RI 78/58/pc 86/68/pc

Raleigh, NC 87/66/s 89/66/pc

Reno, NV 66/40/pc 67/43/s

Richmond 86/64/s 90/66/s

Sacramento 81/52/s 83/52/s

St. Louis 88/70/pc 90/72/s

St. Thomas, VI 86/78/pc 86/78/pc

Salt Lake City 59/45/sh 57/42/sh

San Diego 67/59/pc 69/59/pc

San Francisco 67/52/s 68/50/s

San Juan, PR 88/77/pc 88/77/pc

Seattle 59/48/sh 62/47/c

Spokane, WA 59/45/c 61/44/c

Syracuse 79/59/pc 87/66/s

Tampa 92/74/t 90/75/t

Wichita 91/73/pc 87/68/pc

Addis Ababa 81/55/pc 82/54/pc

Amsterdam 57/44/sh 58/47/c

Athens 84/67/pc 84/67/s

Auckland 64/59/r 67/59/r

Baghdad 107/77/s 109/80/pc

Bangkok 94/79/t 94/80/t

Beijing 85/56/pc 89/54/s

Berlin 62/45/sh 60/46/sh

Bogota 64/51/pc 64/49/r

Brussels 57/41/sh 61/46/c

Buenos Aires 52/38/s 53/42/s

Cairo 99/75/s 101/73/s

Caracas 75/63/pc 75/63/t

Copenhagen 63/50/sh 59/50/sh

Dakar 81/73/s 81/74/s

Dublin 56/43/pc 56/43/sh

Edinburgh 57/45/c 56/44/sh

Frankfurt 61/42/sh 65/45/pc

Geneva 68/47/s 72/52/pc

Ham., Bermuda 81/74/pc 80/75/pc

Helsinki 61/45/c 65/48/c

Ho Chi Minh City 88/78/t 91/78/sh

Hong Kong 88/80/t 88/80/c

Islamabad 101/78/s 98/77/pc

Istanbul 87/67/s 82/64/s

Jerusalem 90/66/s 89/64/s

Johannesburg 66/40/s 63/43/s

Kabul 75/56/s 77/60/s

Kingston, Jam. 86/78/t 86/77/r

Kolkata 97/83/t 95/83/t

Kyiv 70/55/pc 70/54/t

Lagos 88/74/t 89/74/t

Lima 66/59/pc 66/58/pc

Lisbon 72/61/pc 70/62/c

London 59/44/sh 60/48/c

Madrid 87/59/pc 78/57/pc

Manila 92/81/t 94/80/pc

Mexico City 80/55/c 78/55/c

Montreal 78/59/pc 79/57/c

Moscow 62/44/sh 68/57/pc

Mumbai 92/83/pc 93/84/pc

Nairobi 76/57/t 75/58/pc

New Delhi 104/85/s 104/83/s

Oslo 54/48/c 59/47/c

Ottawa 78/57/pc 81/62/pc

Paris 64/46/pc 67/50/pc

Prague 60/42/t 61/41/t

Rio de Janeiro 85/71/s 84/71/pc

Riyadh 107/81/s 107/83/s

Rome 78/63/pc 79/63/pc

San Salvador 81/69/t 81/70/t

Santiago 59/34/s 59/35/s

Sarajevo 69/50/c 73/52/t

Seoul 81/62/pc 75/55/r

Shanghai 77/72/r 84/66/r

Singapore 92/78/pc 90/79/c

Stockholm 57/38/c 62/42/c

Sydney 65/49/s 64/51/r

Taipei City 92/76/t 93/77/t

Tehran 84/69/pc 85/69/c

Tokyo 82/68/s 82/67/pc

Toronto 75/58/pc 87/68/pc

Vienna 63/45/c 68/48/pc

Warsaw 62/48/c 61/46/t

Today

Mostly sunny

Monday

Mostly sunny,

hot

Tuesday

Hot

Wednesday

Partly sunny;

hot

Thursday

An afternoon

t-storm

Friday

An afternoon

t-storm

Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu

Statistics through 5 p.m. Saturday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: –0.1° yr. to date: +0.2°

High: Guymon, OK 108°

Low: Bodie State Park, CA 14°

World

High: Jacobabad, Pakistan 120°

Low: Shepherd Bay, Canada 2°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND:SSE 3–6 mph

HUMIDITY:High

CHNCE PRECIP:0%

FEELS*:91°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:96°

SSW 6–12 mph

High

0%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:103°

NW 4–8 mph

High

0%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:99°

NW 4–8 mph

High

25%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:88°

WSW 4–8 mph

High

60%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:84°

NW 6–12 mph

Moderate

55%

A warm, pleasant Sunday

Lots of sun and few clouds are
expected, as high pressure begins to
exert control over our weather. The
slow, upward trend in temperatures
should continue, with high
temperatures reaching the mid-80s and light
winds out of the south.

The Weather

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issues, a decision on debt cancel-

lation from the Biden adminis-

tration and on the restart of

repayment... will turn those

maybes [from companies] into

‘yes, we are offering this benefit.’ ”

with retirement account contri-

butions. The House passed the

bill in March.

“There still isn’t a lot of cer-

tainty around the benefit,” Cope-

land said. “Clarity on the tax

Scruggs, vice president of work-

force financial well-being and

business lead at Sofi at Work.

After the tax change, Fidelity

Investments upped the maxi-

mum benefit it offers employees

to help pay off education debt to

$15,000 from $10,000. Google

started a program in January that

matches up to $2,500 in student

loan payments a year for its

employees.

The tax break is comparable to

the existing tax benefits for tu-

ition reimbursement, but it is

only good through 2025. And that

sunset is giving some companies

pause about creating a student

loan assistance program, Cope-

land said. Congress can extend

the tax break or make it perma-

nent before it expires, but it is

unclear whether that will hap-

pen.

Copeland said firms are also on

the sidelines waiting to see

whether the Senate will approve

legislation allowing employers to

match their loan repayments

also spared from being taxed on

the money.

Before the tax break, if a com-

pany had contributed $5,250 in

student loan payments, it would

have cost the employer and em-

ployee an estimated $400 in pay-

roll taxes, according to account-

ing firm Insogna CPA. An em-

ployee subject to a 22.6 percent

federal income tax rate also

would have to pay approximately

$1,190 in federal income taxes.

Firms that provide back-end

support for student loan assis-

tance programs are reporting an

uptick in companies setting aside

more money for the benefit in the

wake of the tax break.

Sofi at Work, which helps com-

panies with benefits, has seen an

increase of more than 30 percent

in contributions toward loan re-

payment programs from the first

quarter of 2020 to the first quar-

ter of 2021. The number of pay-

ments made by employers has

more than doubled during that

same period, said Barrett

In March, Inova rolled out its

student loan assistance program

to more than 20,000 employees

at five hospitals and a network of

health-care facilities in Northern

Virginia. So far, 1,600 workers

have signed up, or about 1 in 10

employees, Jolly said.

The benefit is available to all

employees and has a maximum

benefit of $10,000.

Inova partners with Edcor

Data Services LLC, an education

benefits company, to administer

the program. Employees provide

their loan information to Edcor,

which transmits payments from

Inova to the student loan ser-

vicer.

A little-noticed provision of

the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief

and Economic Security Act, or

Cares Act, has also made it cheap-

er for companies to help employ-

ees repay their student loans.

Companies can provide employ-

ees up to $5,250 a year toward

their debt without the contribu-

tions being taxed. Employees are

covid-19, as employers sought to
offer immediate financial help to
workers in the form of short-term
loans or emergency assistance.
Craig Copeland, a senior research
associate at the institute, said the
two-year pause on federal stu-
dent loan payments also placed
employer-sponsored programs
on the back burner.
Companies are revisiting the
benefit as the economy rebounds,
demand for workers intensifies
and job seekers grow more selec-
tive.
Nearly half of the 250 large
employers — those with more
than 500 employees — surveyed
by the institute in 2021 offer or
plan to offer student loan assis-
tance as a benefit, compared with
32 percent in 2018. Meanwhile, a
third of the 238 employers sur-
veyed by advisory firm Willis
Towers Watson in 2021 said they
would offer direct student loan
repayment.

LOANS FROM C1

Eyeing worker retention, employers are wading into student loan assistance

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Inova Health Systems announced this spring it would contribute

$150-$250 a month to pay down employees’ education debt.

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