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President Joe Biden has announced that about 78,000 public service workers will have almost $6 billion in student debt forgiven.
Biden said that the workers have “dedicated their careers to serving their communities, but because of past administrative failures, never got the relief they were entitled to under the law.”
He added that the latest round of relief means his administration has now canceled student debt for over 870,000 public service workers.
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