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Trump official throws up hands on student loans
Departing A. Wayne Johnson says it’s time to ‘stop the insanity’ on ‘fundamentally broken’ system
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Ted CoxStudent Loans, Student Debt, A. Wayne Johnson, Betsy DeVos, U.S. Department of Education, Student Loan Forgiveness, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, George W. Bush, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, Frank Manzo IV, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders
Student loans prey on minority students
College students of color are more likely to borrow and to borrow more, while making less after graduation
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Ted CoxStudent Loans, Student Debt, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Robert Smith, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Betsy DeVos, Working Families
Student debt thins millennial budgets for home buying
More than a third of renters looking to buy carry student loans, which puts almost half the housing market out of their reach
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Betsy DeVos, Frank Manzo IV, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Student Loans, Student Debt, American Dream, Home Buying, Home Purchase, Zillow, Chicago Real Estate
Trump, DeVos stumped on student loans
Court may compel enforcement of Obama rule, as Illinois moves to protect professionals who default on loans
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Betsy DeVos, Bruce Rauner, Tom Cullerton, Education, Illinois Higher Education, Studen Loans, Education Funding, Trump University, Tony McCombie, Will Guzzardi
Trump turns schools into armed camps
ACLU study finds that as minority students come to outnumber whites, they also face harsher discipline and suspensions
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Janus unleashes coordinated attack on unions
Rauner's new state website on changing union membership crosses line as 'strikingly partisan'
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Betsy DeVos, Illinois Policy Institute, Mackinac Center, Anders Lindall, Bridget Shanahan, AFSCME Council 31, Illinois Education Association, IEA, Unions, Fair Share, Janus, Janus v. AFSCME, Mark Janus
