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On Tuesday, the justices will hear expedited arguments in a challenge to the Biden plan brought by six states — Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and South Carolina.

The Missouri General Assembly is already fielding legislation on college students and campus life.

“This is a big win for our office and for Americans across the country, and we will keep up the fight," said Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, one of six Republican attorneys general who sued over the loan relief program.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the stay, ordering the Biden administration not to act on the program while it considers a motion from six Republican-led states — including Missouri and Kansas — to block loan cancellation.

A federal judge dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states, including Missouri and Kansas, to block the Biden administration's plan to reduce student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.

Six states, including Missouri and Kansas, are arguing that the Biden administration's debt relief plan harms entities that service the loans and treasuries that would benefit from taxes on forgiven debt.

The Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Kansas joined one lawsuit against the Biden administration over its student debt relief plan. The legal cases all face the same challenge: finding a plaintiff who will be clearly harmed by debt cancellation.

The lawsuit filed by the Republican attorneys general of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and South Carolina argues Congress never approved massive student loan cancellation. It asserts that the Biden administration and the U.S. Education Department aim to misuse emergency authority.

In a letter to Biden, a group of Republican governors said they support "making higher education more affordable" but don't want to "force American taxpayers to pay off the student loan debt of an elite few."

President Joe Biden took a major step on Wednesday by canceling $10,000 in student loans for borrowers making less than $125,000 per year, and $20,000 in student loans for Pell Grant recipients.

President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other borrowers making under $125,000 a year.

Missouri is taking up the daunting task of state legislative redistricting, but many people doubt the commissions will succeed. Plus, students at Missouri’s HBCUs got a big surprise when the schools forgave their loan debt using federal pandemic relief funds.