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FILE – The U.S. Department of Education building is photographed in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Colorado joins more than 20 states in challenging Trump policy overhauling public service loan forgiveness

November 3, 2025 at 5:07 p.m.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said public service loan repayment is a 鈥渓egal requirement and a promise to those entering into public service.鈥�

The U.S. Department of Education headquarters is seen on March 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CU Colorado Springs among universities under federal investigation as part of Trump鈥檚 anti-DEI campaign

March 14, 2025 at 5:59 p.m.

鈥淪tudents must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,鈥� Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement. 鈥淲e will not yield on...

A commuter walks past the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Eduction, which were ordered closed for the day for what officials described as security reasons amid large-scale layoffs, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Colorado and other Democratic-led states sue to block Trump’s layoffs at Education Department

March 13, 2025 at 10:11 a.m.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said the Education Department's funding supports vital special education programs, student loan services and rural teacher training.

President Donald Trump points to a reporter and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump calls for withholding federal money from schools and colleges that require COVID vaccines

April 12, 2025 at 5:21 a.m.

The order applies only to COVID-19 vaccines.

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Biden administration has now canceled student loans for more than 1 million public workers

October 17, 2024 at 5:45 a.m.

Under President Biden, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has granted student loan forgiveness to more than 1 million public workers.

Jordan Braithwaite, 21, center, an undergrad at Grambling State University facing over $10,000 in student loans, demonstrates outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington. A sharply divided Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debts for millions of Americans. Conservative justices were in the majority in Friday’s 6-3 decision that effectively killed the $400 billion plan that President Joe Biden announced last year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What will Biden鈥檚 new plan mean for borrowers set to begin paying back their student loans?

July 3, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.

After the Supreme Court effectively killed President Biden’s student debt forgiveness proposal, he’s trying again using a different legal approach. Biden’s original plan would have canceled up to $20,000 in...

FILE - Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2023, after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, saying race cannot be a factor. Days after the Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, activists say they will sue Harvard over its use of legacy preferences for children of alumni. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling sue Harvard over legacy admissions

July 3, 2023 at 8:27 a.m.

A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of...

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation will cost about $400 billion over the next 30 years. The estimates were issued Monday in response to a request from Republican lawmakers who oppose Biden’s plan because of its cost. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

CBO: Biden鈥檚 student debt plan would cost $400 billion

September 26, 2022 at 5:09 p.m.

President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation will cost the federal government about $400 billion over the next 30 years, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

Some states could tax Biden鈥檚 student loan debt relief

September 4, 2022 at 8:05 p.m.

President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan could lift crushing debt burdens from millions of borrowers, but the tax man may demand a cut of the relief in some states.

Student loan forgiveness could help more than 40 million

August 25, 2022 at 11:19 a.m.

More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced -- and in many cases eliminated 鈥� under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a...

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