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Stronger arguments needed to block student debt relief program, law professor says
Posted on · A decision came just weeks before student loan payments are expected to resume, which could have a financial impact on millions of borrowers.
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Borrowers who were cut out of student loan relief describe ‘a gut punch’
Posted on · Hundreds of thousands of borrowers spent just over a month thinking they qualified for student loan cancellation. Now they don't.
Education
Student loan forgiveness applications submitted by millions as Biden administration site now live
Posted on · More than 43 million student loan borrowers could see either $10,000 or $20,000 canceled from their balances. The average student loan balance is $32,700 in Harris County.
News
In a reversal, the Education Dept. is excluding millions from student loan relief
Posted on · The Biden administration has quietly changed its guidance to disqualify borrowers who have privately-held FFEL and Perkins loans.
Politics
Gov. Greg Abbott demands Biden pull his student loan relief plan
Posted on · The governor joined 21 other Republicans in denouncing the president’s plan as harming Americans who didn’t go to college.
Houston Matters
The biggest lesson from Harvey: It will happen again (Aug. 26, 2022)
Posted on · On Friday’s show: We conclude our week of conversations about lessons learned five years after Hurricane Harvey with one final lesson to impart: It will happen again, so we all better be ready.
Economy
Biden announces long-awaited student debt forgiveness plan
Posted on · Borrowers who earn less than $125,000 a year, or families earning less than $250,000, would be eligible for the $10,000 loan forgiveness, Biden announced in a tweet.
Education
Former ITT Tech students get $3.9B in debt cancellation
Posted on · The Biden administration says the action will cancel $3.9 billion in federal student debt for 208,000 borrowers.