Tong joins lawsuit over student loan rules for professional degrees

CT Mirror – Tuesday, May 19, 2026
By Lisa Hagen

Attorney General William Tong joined a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Education over new limits to student loan borrowing.

Connecticut is one of more than two dozen states suing the department and the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in U.S. District Court in Maryland. The latest lawsuit is one of a litany of actions against the Trump administration that Tong has joined or initiated over the past year and a half.

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