Iowans get financial relief as Biden cancels more student debtPosted October 5th, 2023 at 4:50pm by Isabel Soisson President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Full story →
Here Are Your Options As Student Loan Payments ResumePosted September 1st, 2023 at 2:05pm by Isabel Soisson Nearly half of all borrowers say they aren’t financially prepared to begin repaying their debt. Despite this, interest began accruing again on Sept. 1, and payments will be due again in October. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Full story →
How Biden Is Still Trying To Make Student Debt Relief HappenPosted July 21st, 2023 at 11:27am by Isabel Soisson The Biden administration has begun the process of creating a new plan for widespread loan cancellation and implementing the SAVE Plan, which will cut monthly payments to $0 for millions of borrowers. There will also be a 12-month “on-ramp” period to ease borrowers back into making payments. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Full story →
800,000 Borrowers to Get Student Debt Canceled, Biden Administration AnnouncesPosted July 14th, 2023 at 2:03pm by Isabel Soisson FILE – President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at left. After a series of major blows to his agenda from the Supreme Court, Biden is intent on making sure it is voters — not the justices of the high court — who have the final say. “Republicans snatched away the hope that they were given,” Biden said hours after the high court overturned his plan to forgive a majority of the country’s federal student loans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Full story →
Supreme Court Takes Student Debt Relief Away From 43 Million AmericansPosted June 30th, 2023 at 12:28pm by Isabel Soisson Nationwide, more than 45 million people owe $1.6 trillion in federal loans for college, according to government data, and as many as 43 million of them stood to benefit from Biden’s cancellation program. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) Full story →
How Republicans’ Student Debt Plan Would Uniquely Hurt Public WorkersPosted May 23rd, 2023 at 1:17pm by Keya Vakil AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File Full story →