The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” passed in 2025, made many changes to federal student loan ...

Since 2005, student loan debt has increased by more than tenfold, growing from roughly $160 billion to over $1.7 trillion currently. During his term, President Biden forgave approximately $188 billion ...

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Jodi Aliece Jennings, 50, of Junction City, pleaded guilty on Jan. 7 to stealing more that $487,000 in federal funds intended ...

About 400 government employees investigated by the state of Illinois improperly tapped a federal pandemic relief fund program meant to keep small businesses afloat — part of a nationwide wave of ...

Borrowers have spent much of 2025 trying to keep up with dizzying changes to the federal student loan system. The Trump administration and Congress are in the process of overhauling everything from ...

The latest turn in a federal fraud investigation in Minnesota involves COVID-era loan programs through the Small Business Administration. The Trump administration is now focusing on Paycheck ...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Thursday that it suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers after uncovering what it says is widespread suspected fraud. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler ...