This week, working and middle-class families across the country are reading about how President Biden’s targeted student loan relief plan will help tens of millions of borrowers.
Here’s a look at what local news is saying about President Biden delivering on his campaign promise:
- In Alabama: AL.com: 588,000 eligible for student debt relief in Alabama, White House estimates
- In Arkansas: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: U.S. Education Department: 365,600 Arkansans can receive break on student loans under Biden plan
- In California: KGET: California has more than 3.5M borrowers eligible for student loan forgiveness
- In Colorado: Colorado Newsline: White House estimates almost 700K Coloradans will benefit from student loan forgiveness
- In Connecticut: Connecticut Insider: In CT, 454,200 qualify for federal student debt forgiveness
- In Georgia: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Feds: Georgia student loan relief to mostly help low-income borrowers
- In Hawaii: HawaiiNewsNow: How many Hawaii student loan borrowers will benefit from Biden’s plan? Here’s a look
- In Illinois: WGN Radio: Here’s how many people in Illinois and all states may get student loan relief
- In Iowa: Ames Tribune: White House: 95% of Iowa student loan borrowers eligible for relief
- In Kansas: Kansas Reflector: Thousands of Kansans eligible for student debt forgiveness, White House officials say
- In Kentucky: Lexington Herald Leader: Over 563,000 Kentuckians eligible for student debt forgiveness
- In Louisiana: Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Here’s how more than 600,000 Louisiana student borrowers can claim debt relief
- In Maine: Maine Beacon: White House: Nearly 280,000 Mainers qualify for student loan forgiveness
- In Massachusetts: Boston Globe: More than 800,000 Mass. student loan borrowers eligible for debt relief, White House says
- In Michigan: Detroit News: Estimated 1.3M in Michigan eligible for student debt relief, White House says
- In Minnesota: Star Tribune: About 730,000 Minnesota borrowers to benefit from student debt relief
- In Mississippi: Mississippi Politics and News: Y’all Politics: White House: 40% of all adult Mississippi college attendees to see student loan forgiveness
- In Nebraska: Omaha World-Herald: White House estimates 232,100 Nebraskans are eligible for student debt relief
- In Nevada: Las Vegas Review-Journal: More than 300K Nevadans eligible for student debt relief
- In New Jersey: NJ.com: Nearly 1.1M residents in N.J. could benefit from student loan forgiveness program, White House says
- In North Carolina: News & Observer: More student loan relief will go to low-income NC borrowers
- In Ohio: Cleveland Plain Dealer: White House estimates more than 1.5 million Ohioans would benefit from student loan debt relief plan
- In Oregon: KTVZ: Nearly half-million Oregonians expected to benefit from student debt relief plan
- In Oklahoma: KFOR: Here’s how many people in Oklahoma may get student loan relief
- In Rhode Island: WPRI: 209K Rhode Islanders eligible for student debt relief; 1.2M in Mass.
- In South Dakota: KELO: Over 150,000 South Dakotans qualify for student loan forgiveness
- In Tennessee: WKRN: Here’s how many people in Tennessee, other states may get student loan relief
- In Texas: Houston Chronicle: As Republicans fight Biden student loan forgiveness, data shows 3.3 million Texans would benefit
- In Virginia: CBS19: Hundreds of thousands of Virginians could be helped by student debt relief
- In West Virginia: WBOY: Here’s how many West Virginians are eligible for student loan forgiveness
- In Washington: KXLY: Nearly 700k Washingtonians are eligible for student loan forgiveness
- In Wyoming: Radio K2: Almost 50,000 Wyomingites Eligible for Biden’s Student Debt Relief Program
