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PublishedAugust 18, 2023
Jared Golden criticized for vehemence of his opposition to student debt relief
Golden issued a controversial statement on the issue Friday that drew sharp retorts from those who favor student loan forgiveness.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2023
A Biden plan cuts student loan payments for millions to $0. Will it be the next legal battle?
This summer, millions of Americans with student loans will be able to apply for a new repayment plan that offers some of the most lenient terms ever.
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PublishedJune 5, 2023
Here’s how to prepare to pay your student loans when the payment freeze ends
More than 40 million borrowers will have to start paying back their student loans by the end of the summer at the latest.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Supreme Court seems ready to reject Biden’s student loan forgiveness
The president's only hope for being allowed to move forward with his plan appeared to be the slim possibility that the court would find that Republican-led states and individuals challenging the plan lacked the legal right to sue.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2022
Here’s how you can apply for student loan forgiveness
President Biden has officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program, opening the door for millions of Americans to apply for up to $20,000 in forgiveness.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2022
Data breach may have affected over 15,000 student loan borrowers in Maine
Personal information including Social Security numbers may have been illicitly accessed, and 2.5 million people may have been affected nationwide.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2022
The Maine Millennial: Are you telling me that government programs don’t benefit everyone equally?
Anger and indignation in response to student loan forgiveness come down to American attitudes toward class and ‘upward mobility.’
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PublishedAugust 30, 2022
Student loan relief limited for many by U.S. drug war’s legacy
Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2022
Maine Voices: There’s no good reason to resent education loan forgiveness
I say this as somebody with almost a quarter of a million dollars in student debt – which I plan to pay back.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
Maine’s congressional delegation divided on Biden’s student loan debt relief
Pingree praises the move, Golden and Collins oppose it as benefiting college-educated Americans, and King suggests he’d prefer a different approach.
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