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Most recently, an emergency fund of nearly $1 million helped pay for legal assistance for Hurricane Helene survivors seeking ...
The ruling by the parliamentarian sent G.O.P. lawmakers back to the drawing board to cover the costs of President Trump’s ...
The White House is proposing to eliminate Legal Services Corporation, the country’s largest funder of civil legal aid. If passed, thousands of Illinoisans would no longer receive free legal help ...
Los Angeles faces a budget crisis as legal payouts soared to $289 million in 2024, up from $91.3 million in 2022. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto blames pandemic backlogs and antagonistic juries, ...
Losing the program would push countless survivors back to their abusers, force tens of thousands of people into homelessness ...
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ aims to drastically reduce government spending. Critics say cuts to SNAP, research funding, ...
Open Door Legal CEO Adrian Tirtanadi, who is on a hunger strike against Mayor Lurie’s budget cuts to legal aid, on the steps ...
Twenty-nine closures were in states where abortion is now banned at all stages of pregnancy. Eleven were in states where it's ...
A judge ruled on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Columbia’s faculty, represented by two labor unions, over the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the university.  The American ...
How Asian philanthropists are embracing adaptive, blended, and locally informed approaches to transform the uncertainty of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and ...
A push is on to legalize marijuana for adult use, raise the minimum wage and slap taxes on "skill" games popping up in bars, ...