( October 9, 2026, 11:10 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal judge in Missouri dismissed two consolidated putative class action lawsuits filed by student loan borrowers against the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA) and the U.S. Department of Education, finding that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear the claims against the federal agency and that MOHELA has sovereign immunity from all but the breach of contract claims, which the borrowers failed to sufficiently allege....