Borrowers can apply for income-driven repayment plans again, but servicers aren’t yet permitted to process these applications ...

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Tim Kaine led an effort to strengthen and expand the SAVE student-loan repayment plan while the GOP ...

The programs, which were meant to ease the burden of student loans ... when they took out the loan. Those who became new ...

Photo: Getty Images The Department of Education has restored online applications for several student loan repayment plans. On ...

The Department of Education has re-opened applications for income-driven repayment plans. Check out the three options ...

Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR)—determines payments as either 20 percent of discretionary income or a fixed amount over 12 ...

The Department of Education reopens revised applications for IDR and consolidation loans following a court ruling impacting ...

Student-loan borrowers looking to get into affordable repayment plans are now able to apply after weeks of limbo. Still, advocates are concerned it could be weeks or months before borrowers will ...

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In March 2020, as America shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed a law suspending federal student loan payments for six months. The payment pause ended up lasting ...

In light of this transition, Teresa Finley, a current TriMas Board member, has been appointed interim CFO. “As a valued member of our Board since 2020, Teresa brings extensive financial ...

Amid many changes occurring within the Department of Education, one development that has many Americans stressed is the adjustments being made to federal student loan repayments. The reason: Certain ...