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9/25/17

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Sep 252017

 

• New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
• Planned Parenthood asks justices to step into abortion dispute
• Are Medicaid’s Payment Rates So Low They’re Discriminatory?
• Back-and-Forth on DACA Leaves Young Immigrants ‘Just Dangling’

9/22/17

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Sep 222017

 

• Can companies block employees’ class-action lawsuits?
• Consumer Advocates Urge Congress To Cap Payday Loan Rates
• CBPP: Like Other ACA Repeal Bills, Cassidy-Graham Would Cap and Deeply Cut Medicaid

9/21/17

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Sep 212017

 

• Combating Child Abuse: States Take Action
• NY Lags in Reducing Child Poverty
• 800,000 student loans to be audited under proposed settlement; lender would pay at least $19M

9/20/17

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Sep 202017

 

• Francisco confirmed as solicitor general
• Chief judge: Lawyers have ‘ethical obligation’ to aid immigrants
• ABA Journal: Does private probation company have a constitutional right to cash in on the poor?

9/19/17

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Sep 192017

 

• Press Release: Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness at Attica Priso
• Full Report: Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness at Attica Prison
• More than 30 percent of Buffalo residents lived in poverty last year
• NY Times: Cake Is His ‘Art.’ So Can He Deny One to a Gay Couple?
• TalkPoverty.org: Inequality Is Probably Costing You a Lot of Money
• The Latest Health Care Repeal Plan Would Give States Sweeping Discretion
• Buffalo’s federal court backlog is among worst in nation

9/18/17

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Sep 182017

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Hackers compromised free CCleaner software, Avast’s Piriform says
• Symposium: Conscience, conditions, and access to civil society
• Governor Signs Law Ensuring Free Access to Health Records for Those in Need

9/15/17

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Sep 152017

 

• New Job Opening Posted
• Proposed Law Could Let Businesses Off The Hook For Complying With Disabilities Act
• Symposium: Anti-discrimination laws do not compel commercial-merchant speech
• Federal E-Verify Law Would Mean Major Changes for U.S. Employers

9/14/17

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Sep 142017

 

• Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration by Keeping Mothers and Children Together
• TalkPoverty.org: This Year’s Poverty Data Look a Lot Different When You Break Them Down by Race
• Department Of Homeland Security Sued Over Warrantless Searches Of Electronic Devices At The U.S. Border
• Updated – New Law Requires 7-Day Medicaid Application Approval if “Immediate Need” for Personal Care or CDPAP – Addresses Delays in Enrolling in MLTC Plans