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Here’s how to prepare to start paying back your student loans when the pandemic payment freeze ends
By: Cora Lewis and Adriana Morga I Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — A three-year pause on student loan payments will end this summer regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the White House plan to forgive billions… Read More

Judge rules to erase the student loans of 200K borrowers who say they were ripped off
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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SAN FRANCISCO (NPR) — A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval Wednesday to a settlement that could cancel at least $6 billion in federal student loans for approximately… Read More

Judge dismisses an effort to halt the student loan relief plan
By: Associated Press
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt for tens… Read More

Borrowers who were cut out of student loan relief describe ‘a gut punch’
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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Updated October 19, 2022 at 11:20 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Listen closely. Between the din of supporters cheering the cancellation of some federal student loan debts, and the… Read More

In a reversal, the Education Dept. is excluding many from student loan relief
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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Updated September 29, 2022 at 4:28 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In a remarkable reversal that will affect the fortunes of many student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of… Read More

Waiting for loan forgiveness, borrowers are targets for scammers
By: Sequoia Carrillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — After President Biden announced his sweeping student loan forgiveness plan in August, borrowers flooded the studentaid.gov website for information on what to do next. For a… Read More
Brown says student debt relief is only part of a plan to help Ohioans pay for higher education
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, said the focus on forgiving some student loan debt is overlooking other key parts of President Joe Biden’s… Read More

How to stay protected from student loan scammers on the prowl
By: Ayana Archie | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Biden administration announced last Wednesday that it would be forgiving up to $20,000 in undergraduate student loans. Some borrowers have already seen their accounts updated,… Read More

3 things you need to know about Biden’s student loan announcement
By: Sequoia Carrillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden’s announcement of a sweeping effort to forgive federal student loan debt – up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for… Read More