Nearly 64,000 Texans to have student loans forgiven

The Texas Tribune reported that nearly 64,000 Texans will have their federal student loans forgiven because they qualified for an existing forgiveness program that was poorly administered. A total of $3.1 billion will be forgiven for Texas borrowers, an average of $48,500 per borrower.

The move is unrelated to President Joe Biden’s nowdefunct student debt forgiveness program that was blocked by the…