U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, have signed on as cosponsors of bipartisan legislation that supports employers assisting employees in paying off their student loan debt.
A poll released by the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Center for Responsible Lending in December reported that graduates from Maine four-year institutions leave school owing an average of $31,364, the 10th worse in the nation, according to 2017 figures from the Institute for College Access and Success.
