PHEAA Encourages New College Graduates to Prepare Now for Managing Student...
(Source: PHEAA - Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency) Plan wisely as 3.6 million new graduates are entering the nation's workforce Harrisburg, (May 25, 2016)-The Pennsylvania Higher...
View ArticleKing Renews Call for Emergency Funding to Combat Opioid and Heroin Addiction...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Tuesday, May 17, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. - After the Senate today passed a much-needed measure to combat the spread of the Zika virus, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) called...
View ArticleBROWNLEY AMENDMENTS WOULD IMPROVE HEALTH CARE FOR DISABLED VETERANS (Julia...
(Source: Julia Brownley) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) offered two amendments during a House Veterans' Affairs Committee mark-up. The Brownley amendments would...
View ArticleVeterans First Act (US Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs)
(Source: US Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs) Tuesday, May 17, 2016 On Thursday, April 28, 2016, U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., chairman and ranking member...
View ArticleSenators Collins, King Announce More than $1 Million for Bigelow Laboratory...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Tuesday, May 17, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $1,093,785 to the Bigelow...
View ArticleCollins, King Urge Action On Delayed VA Medical Leases (Susan M Collins)
(Source: Susan M Collins) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King joined a bipartisan group of thirteen other Senators on a letter urging the Senate Committee on Veterans'...
View Article'Pay As You Earn' can help graduates overwhelmed by debt
By Ara Oghoorian, owner of Acap Asset Management If you've graduated and started working, and yet you still feel overwhelmed by your student loan payments, there are ways to lessen the load. Federal...
View ArticleMaine Offshore Wind Project Moves to Top Tier of National Offshore Wind...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Friday, May 27, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that Maine's New England Aqua Ventus I offshore wind pilot project, designed...
View ArticleICYMI: Senators Portman, Coons, King op-ed in TIME: "The Secret Tax That...
(Source: Rob Portman) Senators: 'We must help give grieving families closure-not more taxes' WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Chris Coons (D-DE.), and Angus King...
View ArticleCollege Dropouts Are Driving the Rise in Student Loan Defaults
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, plans to introduce amendments to the Higher Education Act that, if adopted, would let colleges...
View ArticleNew steps to help those with disabilities with student loans
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is taking steps to help people with disabilities who are struggling to repay their student...
View ArticleFollowing New Study, King Renews Call for Simplified Student Aid Process...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Thursday, January 28, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released the following statement today in response to a new study that found that high school...
View ArticleSmall Business Committee Welcomes King-Backed Legislation to Help Veterans...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Wednesday, June 4, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship today welcomed legislation supported by U.S. Senator Angus King...
View ArticleEducation Department To Miss Obama Deadlines On Helping Student Borrowers
The U.S. Department of Education is about to miss its July 1 deadline on three key directives from President Barack Obama regarding fair treatment of borrowers struggling with federal student loans....
View ArticleU.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Supports Introduction of Student Tax Relief Act...
(Source: Tammy Baldwin) 06.06.16 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is supporting new legislation, the Student Tax Relief Act, that would protect defrauded student borrowers from being taxed...
View ArticleObama is forgiving nearly 400,000 people's student loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is taking steps to help people with disabilities get their student loan debt forgiven, safeguarding their Social Security payments. The Education Department...
View ArticlePortman Working to Expand Access to College & Make it More Affordable (Rob...
(Source: Rob Portman) More and more families are working to make the dream of a college education for their children a reality, but too many of them are struggling under slow economic growth and...
View ArticleObama Gives Student Loan Relief To The Disabled
The Obama administration has made it easier for hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers to achieve debt forgiveness. The combined effort of the Department of Education (DoED) and the Social...
View ArticleKing Amendment to Simplify Student Loan Repayment Options Endorsed by Senate...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Wednesday, March 25, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the United States Senate passed an amendment offered by U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) that...
View ArticleKing, Colleagues Urge Administration to Raise Awareness of Higher Education...
(Source: Angus S Jr King) Tuesday, August 19, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter yesterday, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), along with eleven of his colleagues, urged the Obama Administration to...
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