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1/28/15

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Jan 282015

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• CBPP: Ending Subsidies in Marketplace States Would Hurt Diverse Group
• Urban Institute: The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Federal Home Loan Bank Members Proposal Overshoots the Mark
• Mandatory Enrollment of Nursing Home residents into Managed Care & MLTC – scheduled to begin Feb. 1, 2015

1/27/15

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Jan 272015

 

• Evolving Patterns in Diversity
• Goal unveiled to move Medicare away from fee-for-service
• Investment Riches Built on Auto Loans to Poor
• Google Gave U.S. Government Emails From Wikileaks Volunteers
• Many African-Americans Fall Into a Health ‘Coverage Gap’
• Holocaust or Nazi Victim Reparations — Effect on Medicaid, SSI and other Federally Funded and New York State Benefits (Updated)

1/26/15

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Jan 262015

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Best audio player for Windows
• CFPB: 7 factors that determine your mortgage interest rate
• States Fear High Court Will Eliminate Anti-Discrimination Tool
• Characteristics of Those Affected by a Supreme Court Finding for the Plaintiff in King v. Burwell

1/23/15

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Jan 232015

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Justice Scalia keeps both sides guessing in Fair Housing Act case
• Wells Fargo, Chase To Pay $35.7M For Allowing Illegal Mortgage Kickbacks
• Can Plaintiffs Be Denied Their Day in Court Because a Remedy is Costly?
• Urban Institute: The Need to Reform Medicare’s Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities is as Strong as Ever

1/22/15

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Jan 222015

 

• HRA Materials Updated
• CFPB Tweaks Forward Mortgage Disclosure Rules
• War on Poverty: President Johnson ‘transformed America’
• Microsoft Really Wants You To Try Windows 10, Offers Free Upgrades
• CBPP: HUD Seeks Significant Improvements to “Moving to Work” Demonstration, But Additional Changes Needed
• Sue Talia and Practicing Law Institute Partner for Free Jan 30 Program on Unbundling –It Will be Available Online Then and Afterwards

1/21/15

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Jan 212015

 

• Video: New York, We Got a (Housing) Problem
• Fewer People Having Trouble Paying Medical Bills
• Supreme Court Argument preview: That housing bias issue is back
• “Reckless Driving”: Implications of Recent Subprime Auto Finance Growth
• BillMoyers.com & TalkPoverty: 12 Days, 12 Actions You Can Take to Fight Poverty

1/20/15

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Jan 202015

 

• Racial Generation Gap Looms Large for States
• Down Two Judges, New York’s Court of Appeals Carries On
• Group Urges New York City to End Credit Checks by Employers
• Surplus Budget Funds Could Help The Poor Access Legal Services, State Bar President Lau-Kee Proposes
• Schneiderman Secures Agreements With Seven School Districts To Ensure Equal Educational Opportunity For English Language Learners

1/16/15

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Jan 162015

 

• Tools for Choosing a Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Plan
• President favors cities offering broadband service
• Talk poverty: “Homelessness is Like Being Slowly Disassembled”
• Proposed Scorecard Could Help Protect Students From Dangerous Banking Products