Category: In the News

Federal court gives Missouri 60 days to remedy SNAP program violations

This article was originally published in Fox 4 KC. Read it here. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This week, a district court judge ordered Missouri to take remedial action to improve its SNAP program, saying the state has made…

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Federal court orders Missouri to take action to improve SNAP

This article was originally published in KOMU. Read it here. COLUMBIA — A federal court ordered the Missouri Department of Social Services to implement new guidelines on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to increase program enrollment after complaints…

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Missouri is still illegally denying food assistance despite court order

A federal judge said Missourians living in poverty ‘have gone hungry’ due to bureaucratic hurdles that the state knows about but has failed to address This article was originally published in Missouri Independent. Read it here. One year…

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NY Courts Split Keeps Legal Aid Attorneys Unsure of Pay for Work

This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law. Read it here. Calls for the New York high court to finally end a long-time New York state circuit split—over when and whether legal aid attorneys representing low-income New Yorkers…

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The Republican Budget Plan: Snatch Food From the Mouths of Hungry Children

SNAP cuts are ‘going to have a massive shock wave across the country, and everybody will feel it.’ This article was originally published in The American Prospect. Read it here. When you walk into the supermarket, do you…

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NCLEJ Executive Director Dennis Parker Speaks with the National Collaborative for Health Equity

The law has been an important pillar in effecting social change throughout the history of the United States. Its effectiveness and use have changed over the country’s history. This discussion considers the history of litigation as a means…

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Class action sought in Buffalo Police racial profiling lawsuit 

This article was originally published in WIVB. Read it here. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For years, minority residents of Buffalo have spoken out about discriminatory police stops, which they say have often resulted in multiple tickets, sometimes for…

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Judge hears arguments for class-action status in Buffalo police discrimination lawsuit

This article was originally published in The Buffalo News. Read it here. Attorneys for advocacy groups and people bringing a lawsuit against the Buffalo Police Department for alleged discriminatory policing practices were before a U.S. District Court judge…

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Lawsuit accuses Buffalo Police Department of racial profiling and discriminatory policing

“I’ve never been stopped in the boarding neighborhoods” This article was originally published in WKBW. Read it here. Buffalo’s finest are under the microscope in a class-action lawsuit that accuses the Buffalo Police Department of racial profiling and…

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