The U.S. Department of Education has extended the pandemic-era pause on collection efforts of defaulted student loan borrowers once more.

There are about 3.1 million federal student loan borrowers aged 62 or older. Many of these borrowers, who are in retirement, have trouble making payments on a fixed income.

The Congressional Budget Office notes the official policy of ignoring risks.

A borrower can have their wages garnished as a consequence of defaulting on their loans, and a loanholder can order an employer to withhold up to 15% of their disposable pay to collect defaulted debt ...

State Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth put it plainly Wednesday. On the first day of the legislative session Tuesday, "we ...

Throughout his employment for the school district, he was criminally investigated, charged, arraigned and going through legal ...

The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Legislators and school leaders gathered at the William Penn School District 9th Grade Academy on Thursday to tout gains made from a historic 2023 state Supreme Court ruling that determined ...

Here’s what student loan borrowers should know about the July 1, 2026 cutoff, and what you should do to avoid restricting ...

The Education Department filed a last minute request to extend the time window to process student loan forgiveness ...

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, ...

The Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt runs a free, confidential helpline for borrowers and prospective borrowers. Wisconsin Watch spoke to Executive Director Carole Trone about wage garnishment, ...