<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://sandovalsignpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/06/Untitled-design-51-2.png" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="United States Education Secretary Linda McMahon, right, listens in as Western governors ask her questions about President Donald Trump’s vision for the Education Department. Also pictured are Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, and South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, second from left. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann / Source NM)" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?resize=780%2C520&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?resize=706%2C471&ssl=1 706w, https://sandovalsignpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/06/Untitled-design-51-2.png&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1733801" data-permalink="https://nm.news/?attachment_id=1733801" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/nm.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-51.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Untitled design (51)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="
United States Education Secretary Linda McMahon, right, listens in as Western governors ask her questions about President Donald Trump’s vision for the Education Department. Also pictured are Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, and South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, second from left. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann / Source NM)
By Patrick Lohmann / Source NM Speaking at the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Santa Fe on Monday, United States Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended her agency’s return to collecting student loan payments from millions of borrowers, calling the pandemic-era pause “confusing” for students and their parents. On May 5, the Education Department announced it […]
