Category: In the News

USDA pauses request for personal data of SNAP recipients while lawsuit proceeds

This article was originally published in Kansas Reflector. Read it here. TOPEKA — The Trump administration has paused its demand for the personal data of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients after a lawsuit was filed May 22 by…

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Lawsuit challenges USDA demand for food stamp data as some states prepare to comply

This article was originally published in NPR. Read it here. A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for sensitive data about millions of food assistance recipients violates federal privacy laws. Meanwhile some states…

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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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Key Question In Inmates’ Wage Fight: Are They Employees?

This article was originally published in Law360. Read it here. Despite a growing body of case law laying out a blueprint for determining whether incarcerated workers are employees — which would legally entitle them to minimum wage and…

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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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