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The Biden administration's federal student loan forgiveness program is running into more resistance. The troubled program has just been hit with yet another lawsuit, this one seeking to end a payment...

The lawsuit, filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, challenges the legality of the Biden administration's pause on federal student loan payments, arguing the pause hurts nonprofit employers who rely on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to recruit employees.

(The Center Square) –A new lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Education’s “unlawful pause” on federal student loan payments that have cost taxpayers $150 billion from lost interest.

Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a lawsuit to stop the U.S. Department of Education’s unlawful pause

Lawsuit argues Department of Education did not have authority to extend payment pause

Appeal filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

MIDLAND, Mich. — The federal Western District Court of Michigan has dismissed the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation’s challenge to Michigan’s Blaine Amendment. Three out of the four claims were dismissed on technical grounds, while the court ruled on the merits of a fourth.

An appeal is likely

The opinion places limits on the power of administrative agencies

The 6-3 ruling hinders federal efforts to regulate carbon emissions in U.S. power plants. But environmentalists and utilities say the state’s 2016 reforms of energy law will help Michigan continue its shift away from fossil fuels.