Biden administration can move forward with student loan forgiveness, federal judge rules
A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration’s sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan, which could deliver relief to tens of millions of Americans.
The plan could benefit as many as three in every four federal student loan holders, when combined with the administration’s previous efforts, according to an estimate by the Center for American Progress.
Education Department freezes student loan payments for 8M borrowers
The Education Department will suspend student loan payments and interest for around 8 million borrowers after a Thursday court order blocked the Biden administration’s latest repayment program.
Biden student loan repayment plan to resume amid legal challenges, federal appeals court rules
A federal appeals court will allow a key part of President Joe Biden’s student loan relief plan to resume as the legal challenges against it unfold.
In a Sunday ruling, the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted the Biden administration’s request to stay an order from last week that temporarily blocked a provision of its Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan.
Biden administration freezes student loan repayments following court rulings
After federal judges in Kansas and Missouri sided in favor of Republican attorneys general by blocking parts of President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment program, the Department of Education announced it is freezing monthly student loan payments and interests of 3 million borrowers.
Biden’s new student loan relief plan is on pause. Here’s what borrowers need to know
Cody Gude was counting the seconds until July when his monthly student loan payment was scheduled to drop to $100 from $200.
The lower payment meant that he would no longer need to deliver groceries on Instacart in his spare time, on top of his work as a social media consultant.
“I could breathe,” the 35-year-old Tampa, Florida, resident said.
The uncertain future of Biden’s student loan repayment plan, explained
A pair of federal judges have hit the brakes on President Biden’s latest student loan repayment plan, signaling that the program is at risk of being overturned and leaving millions of borrowers in a state of panic.
Biden student loan plans partially reined in — but still alive for election
President Joe Biden‘s plans to cancel student loan debt have been partially blocked thanks to a pair of court rulings, but the matter remains alive for both sides in the 2024 election.
Responding to lawsuits filed by a pair of Republican attorneys general, federal judges in Missouri and Kansas ruled this week that Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education program cannot be fully implemented, temporarily pausing major elements until the case is decided.
Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan Temporarily Halted
President Biden’s latest iteration of his student-loan “forgiveness” plan has been temporarily blocked, as two federal judges sided with multiple Republican states in ruling that only Congress holds the authority to erase student debt.
Biden administration extends deadline to consolidate old student loans
More than 3.5 million student loan borrowers who received funding under a defunct private program will have more time to consolidate their loans if they want to qualify for a one-time initiative that could wipe out their debt, the Education Department said Wednesday.
Borrowers with federal loans that originated through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) will have until June 30 to consolidate, 60 days more than originally planned, the Education Department said.
This loyal University of Kansas alum wonders about wisdom of pricey athletics project • Kansas Reflector
The years that I spent at the University of Kansas were some of the best of my life, and I will never forget the experiences that carried me down many roads over the years in a multidimensional career. But I question the outsized role of athletics in so many institutions of higher education, and KU is not an exception. I view the so-called Gateway District project, encompassing a new stadium and surrounding attractions, with great concern. At a time when the average cost of a four-year education (per the admissions...