U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was sued for the second time by a coalition of states fighting her department’s plan to end an Obama-era rule meant to protect student loan borrowers.
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Led by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat, attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday asked a U.S. court in Washington to overturn the Department of Education decision to delay and decline to enforce part of the Gainful Employment Rule. The department has said it is crafting a replacement.
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