Leading states are considering tax benefits for employers who participate in student debt assistance

by Philippe Melin | Apr 11, 2017 | Government Relations

Midwestern states of Illinois, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota are all among the top half of states in the country with high student-loan indebtedness, according to a study published in 2016 by WalletHub. One Minnesota State Senator Jeffrey...

Developments in Peanut Butter’s efforts for federal legislation to make employer contributions to student loans tax advantaged

by Philippe Melin | Apr 7, 2017 | Government Relations

Federal legislators are working with Peanut Butter to develop and advance legislation that provides incentives to employers that assist workers with student debt. When Representative Robert Dold introduced his legislation at a press conference at Peanut Butter’s...

Congress should make employer contributions to student loans tax advantaged

by Philippe Melin | Apr 3, 2017 | Government Relations

There are few things on which the political parties agree these days. It was, therefore, a rare moment of bipartisanship last month when Republican Rodney Davis of Illinois and Democrat Scott Peters of California joined together in the U.S. Capitol to introduce the...

Peanut Butter welcomes HELP for Students and Parents Act and celebrates momentum in Congress

by David Aronson | Mar 22, 2017 | Government Relations

  Peanut Butter heralds the leadership of Congressmen Patrick Meehan (Republican form Pennsylvania) and Suzan DelBene (Democrat from Washington), both members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee, for introducing the bipartisan...

Peanut Butter joins U.S. Congressmen to announce bill to make student loan repayment tax advantaged

by Philippe Melin | Mar 3, 2017 | Government Relations

Peanut Butter CEO David Aronson joined U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.) at a press conference to announce their bill, H.R. 795, the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, to help address rising student debt. The proposed...

Peanut Butter’s own David Aronson Speaks on Solutions for Student Loan Crisis at City Hall

by Alifya Valiji | Jun 20, 2016 | Government Relations, Press Room

The staggering $1.3 trillion national student loan debt crisis is gaining momentum in national, state, and local politics alike. Many states are already in the process of reviewing prospective programs that will ease the burden on recent graduates in hopes that its...