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Debt forgiveness may help the economy but risks helping groups seen as privileged and widening political fault lines Student debt is the largest type of debt held by Americans after mortgages. PHOTO: SAUL YOUNG/NEWS...

September 11, 2020 4:53 am· By Elliott Brack Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum SEPT. 11, 2020  |  Georgia’s unusual special election this fall for the unexpired two years of Johnny Isakson’s term gives the voters...

By Mark Kantrowitz August 13, 2020 www.SavingForCollege.com Dr. Wayne Johnson, who previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid at the U.S. Department of Education, has issued several student loan proposals in response to the...

The Thomasville Times-Enterprise Riley Bunchrbunch@cnhi.comNov 26, 2019   ATLANTA — Democratic presidential candidates promised to cancel student debt while visiting Atlanta last week. For Georgia, that would mean over $60 billion. According to the Office...

By Brian O'Connell December 10, 2019 www.savingforcollege.com   The buzz in Washington, D.C. over a new proposal from Dr. A. Wayne Johnson, a former U.S. Department of Education official and Trump appointee, is heating up,...

Media Advisory Atlanta, Ga. December 4, 2019 - Dr. A. Wayne Johnson, a former Trump Administration senior official with the Office of Federal Student Aid, is available to comment on U.S. Department of Education...

By A. Wayne Johnson • November 17, 2019 09:00 AM There are many issues the person Gov. Brian Kemp chooses to fill U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson’s seat can take on. However, one of the...

Zack Friedman • Senior Contributor • Personal Finance He used to work for U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Now, he wants to cancel your student loan debt. Here’s what you need to know. Student Loan...

By Joelle Fredman • NASFAA Staff Reporter• November 15, 2019 Three weeks after resigning from the Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), calling the federal student loan system “fundamentally broken,”...

Aarthi Swaminathan Finance Writer Yahoo FinanceNovember 14, 2019   The resignation of top student loan official A. Wayne Johnson has caused a stir on Capitol Hill. Johnson’s departure from the Education Department and comments on student...