Category: News

Privacy Groups Sue HHS Over Expanded Access to Sensitive TANF Records

This article was originally published in PrivacySavvy. Read it here. A new legal battle is putting federal access to welfare records under scrutiny. Privacy and immigrant rights organizations have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), challenging…

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Brooklyn Cyclones Withheld Tips From Concessions Workers, Records Show

Federal and state laws require that all tips go to workers, but for weeks this season, young fast food workers at Maimonides Park were only paid an hourly wage. This article was originally published in The City Reporter….

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Coalition Challenges Dramatic Data Privacy Changes to Federal Assistance Program 

Trump-Vance Administration Seeks to Allow Family Support Program to be Weaponized by Immigration Officials  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 3, 2026  CONTACT: press@democracyforward.org  Washington, D.C. – A new legal challenge has been filed to the Trump-Vance administration’s effort to unlawfully…

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Trump administration sued by rights groups over attempted childcare funding cuts

This article was published in Reuters. Read it here. WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – Civil rights groups said they filed a lawsuit, opens new tab against ​President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over the government’s attempt to restrict federal childcare and ‌family assistance funding….

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Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over childcare funding restrictions

This article was originally published in The Guardian. Read it here. Civil rights groups have sued the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after the agency failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request…

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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against the HHS for Withholding Information About Child Care Funding Restrictions

Lawsuit Seeks Correspondence Between Influencer Nick Shirley Whose Content Sparked the Administration’s Attacks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    July 20, 2026  CONTACT:    Ricardo Mimbela, ACLU, media@aclu.org National Women’s Law Center, press@nwlc.orgACLU of Illinois, media@aclu-il.orgPatrick Fowler, National Center for Law and Economic Justice, fowler@nclej.orgErica Tinsley, ACLU of Colorado, media@aclu-co.org…

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Advocates File Notice of Appeal in Alaska SNAP Delay Lawsuit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2025 ALASKA — The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) and Northern Justice Project filed a notice of appeal in their federal lawsuit to ensure access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

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SNAP Recipients Win Bid to Void Purchase Limits on Soda, Candy

This article was originally published in Bloomberg Government. Read it here. A federal judge struck a blow to the Agriculture Department’s attempt to restrict on which foods low income nutrition assistance program recipients can buy, saying the agency…

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Federal Judge Blocks SNAP Food Restriction Policies

In a win for recipients of food assistance, a District Court judge said the USDA did not follow proper procedure in approving SNAP waivers in five states.  This article was originally published in Civil Eats. Read it here….

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Judge Blocks Bans on Using Food Stamps for Sugary Drinks and Candy

A federal judge ruled that the Agriculture Department lacked the authority to approve state waivers that restrict what SNAP participants can buy with their benefits. This article was originally published in The New York Times. Read it here….

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