SEATTLE — Student loan payments resumed on Sunday after a three-and-a-half-year pandemic pause allowed millions of Americans to push off repaying trillions of dollars in student loan debt.
In Washington, there are more than 804,000 people who have student loan debt totaling $29 billion.
"It's kind of disheartening and scary," said Griffin Bird, a senior at the University of Washington.
Despite payments not being due until 6 months after someone leaves school, interest starts accruing in September, and the stress of knowing what's coming has him already worried.
