student loans
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2024
Student loan servicer Navient reaches $120 million settlement
$100 million of the settlement with Navient will be used to make payments to affected borrowers, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday.
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation moves forward
The broadest forgiveness category would help borrowers who owe more than they originally borrowed because of runaway interest.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Biden promotes ‘life-changing’ student loan relief in Wisconsin as he tries to rally young voters
The plan is smaller and more targeted than Biden's original plan, which was killed by the Supreme Court last year.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2024
Republican states file lawsuit challenging Biden’s student loan repayment plan
In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, 11 states led by Kansas argue that President Biden overstepped his authority in creating the SAVE Plan, which was made available to borrowers last year.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2024
White House announces plan to cancel $5.3 million in student loan debt for 700 Mainers
The average debt relief in Maine is roughly $7,600 under the program to clear $1.2 billion in loans for 153,000 borrowers nationwide.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2024
Most Americans who failed to pay student loans say they can’t afford to keep up
New study comes as the Biden administration seeks new ways to write down student loans or make repayment manageable, after its wider debt-forgiveness plan was struck down by the Supreme Court last year.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2024
Opinion: Adopt these steps to relieve private student loan debt
Private student loans have few of the protections of government-issued loans. That has to change.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2024
Biden administration cuts $2 million for student loan servicers after bungled return to repayment
The Education Department said Friday it will withhold payments from Aidvantage, EdFinancial and Nelnet for failing to meet their contractual obligations.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2023
Maine, federal student loan programs offer relief, even if it’s confusing for borrowers
Since the pandemic pause on payments has ended, programs like Maine's Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit can offer some help, but many say navigating that and the federal options, while still getting notices from loan servicers, is often confusing.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2023
Borrowers reassess their budgets as student loan payments resume after pandemic pause
Not yet clear is how millions of people suddenly having less discretionary income might affect the economy.
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