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Hours-long hold times with their student-loan company are keeping public servants in a 'limbo period' wondering if they'll get the debt relief they qualify for
Many student-loan borrowers are rejoicing as they can now apply for debt relief. For others, they'r…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Merrick Garland defends Justice Department after Trump and GOP lawmakers attacked the FBI for raiding Mar-a-Lago: They 'are patriotic public servants'
"I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked," the attorney general told…
Brent D. Griffiths
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175,000 public servants with student debt have seen $10 billion in relief in the last 10 months, after years of flaws in the loan forgiveness program
This student-loan forgiveness results from a temporary Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver set t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Melania Trump made a rare public appearance with other former first ladies at Rosalynn Carter's funeral
Melania Trump joined former first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, and Hillary Clinton at a tribu…
Talia Lakritz
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A student-loan forgiveness program will continue to reject 80% of public servants through 2026, report finds
The Student Borrower Protection Center found that at the current pace, only 20% of borrowers will g…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Massive student debt loads are preventing 39% of teachers, firefighters, and other public servants from saving for retirement
A quarter of workers in the public sector have over $100,000 in student debt, pushing retirement ou…
Ayelet Sheffey
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3 ways Biden could fix student-loan forgiveness for public servants 'locked in a lifetime of debt,' over 200 organizations say
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program promised student debt relief to public servants, but "t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Harry Reid is the 37th public servant to lie in state at the Capitol. A Capitol Hill veteran explains the history behind the practice.
The Capitol rotunda embodies "the experiment of American democracy," Capitol Historical Society Pre…
Morgan Keith
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Biden's Education Dept. asked how it can fix a student-loan forgiveness program for public servants. Over 33,000 people have answered.
In July, the Education Dept. opened a public inquiry for comments on the Public Service Loan Forgiv…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A student-debt forgiveness story: Meet a public servant eligible for relief who just got $20,000 wiped out after an 11-year wait
Insider spoke to a Florida state employee who became part of the 2% of borrowers whose debt has bee…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Thousands of US police officers and public servants have reportedly used Clearview's controversial facial recognition tech without approval
BuzzFeed News reported that police departments and government agencies have been using the software…
Katie Canales
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Lobbying scandal: Civil servants must start declaring conflicts of interests, says anti-sleaze watchdog
The interests of senior civil servants and special advisers should be published to introduce furthe…
Henry Dyer
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What is Mission Karmayogi — Modi government’s reform to upskill civil servants in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that 'Mission Karmayogi', a major bureaucratic re…
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Illegal money being paid every month to public servants in Chhattisgarh: CBDT on I-T raids
It added that "unaccounted transactions" unearthed till date are more than Rs 150 crore after the s…
PTI
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The public servants Trump smeared as 'traitors' and 'human scum' are TIME Magazine's 2019 'Guardians of the Year'
Yovanovitch, meanwhile, was attacked by Trump while she was in the middle of testifying. After Yova…
Sonam Sheth
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Student-loan borrowers in public service have 3 more months to benefit from extra relief — and 2 Democratic lawmakers want to make that relief permanent
This PSLF bill repays "those who dedicate their lives to serve and improve our communities with stu…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers can now submit comments to Biden's Education Department on its plans to improve debt relief
If you have a thought on Biden's proposals to improve student-loan forgiveness programs, you have 3…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Department has wiped out $8.1 billion in student debt for 145,000 borrowers following reforms to a loan forgiveness program
Biden made it easier to qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program — but student-loan …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers who combined their debts with a current or former spouse just took a 'huge step' toward relief, Democratic senator says
Law prohibits student-loan borrowers from separating combined debt with a spouse, even after divorc…
Ayelet Sheffey
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If you're a government or nonprofit worker who wants student-loan forgiveness, you have 5 months left to use a waiver that'll bring you closer to that relief
Biden's reforms to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program run through October 31. Here are the…