Iowa Student Loans

Braley Sponsors Student Loan Bill

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Rep. Bruce Braley on Wednesday introduced legislation that would indefinitely keep the interest rate for federally subsidized student loans at the current level of 3.4 percent.

Education topic of Braley’s Davenport forum

The cost of higher education was a key topic at a forum today sponsored by Rep. Bruce Braley , D-Iowa, who is pushing a proposal to extend a cap on interest rates for some student loans.

Davenport Grad Student Wins $1 Million

A Davenport graduate student is making plans to pay off her student loans after winning $1 million in the Iowa lottery. According to a news release, Ashley Smrcina claimed her prize Thursday afternoon

St. Ambrose grad student wins big in Iowa lottery

DES MOINES — A graduate student at St. Ambrose University in Davenport became one of Iowa’s youngest lottery winners when she claimed a $1 million prize.

Braley introduces bill to keep student interest rates down

Congressman Bruce Braley has introduced a bill in the U.S. House that aims to keep interest rates down on student loans. The current interest rate for a federally subsidized Stafford loan is 3.4 percent. On July 1, that rate will double to 6.8 percent unless Congress takes action. Students interviewed Wednesday said they were in [...]

Braley sponsors student loan bill, will visit Coe Thursday

  CEDAR RAPIDS – Rep. Bruce Braley on Wednesday introduced legislation that would indefinitely keep the interest rate for federally subsidized student loans at the current level of 3.4 percent. Braley, a Democrat representing Iowa’s First District said unless Congress takes action, student loan interest for subsidized Stafford loans will double to 6.8 percent on [...]

Catch up on the news: Reeths-Puffer grad, who won half-million dollars, vows to pay off student loans and pursue her ...

COURTESY PHOTOAshley Smrcina accepts her lottery winnings.Ashley Smrcina is nearly a half-million dollars richer after winning the Iowa Lottery, but the Reeths Puffer graduate's newfound fortune hasn't caused her to give up her dream of earning a master's degree in...