Student advocates are cheering long-awaited changes to the difficult process to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy. The new streamlined process announced jointly by the Justice and Education ...

The success rate for student loan borrowers who attempt to discharge their debt in bankruptcy has "jumped" to 87% in recent ...

This added monthly bill, which many Americans haven’t had to pay since early 2020, is leading to financial hardship for some. Of course, Americans are also contending with rising interest rates, ...

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) listen during a news briefing after a Senate ...

The Education Department’s handling of requests for bankruptcy discharges from federal student loan borrowers is raising new questions about the Biden administration’s commitment to overhaul its ...

The Supreme Court will hear a dispute stemming from a San Francisco house-flipping project gone wrong that is expected to determine whether an innocent bankruptcy debtor can wipe out judgments for a ...

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