PSJD News Digest – November 22, 2024
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Hello, interested public! The major story this week concerns H.R. 9495, which passed the US House of Representatives after major opposition from many nonprofits. Additional stories involve analyses of potential changes to student debt relief and federal hiring. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
If you’re interested in the issues we cover in this Digest, consider attending NALP’s Public Service Conference, which will be held virtually via Zoom on December 10th & 11th. Hope to see you there!
Take care,
Sam
Editor’s Choice
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House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism (AP; 22 Nov 2024)
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Nonprofits Oppose Bill That Would Give Treasury Unilateral Power to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status (The Chronicle of Philanthropy; 20 Nov 2024)
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ACLU Statement on House Passage of Dangerous Civil Society Attack Bill (ACLU; 21 Nov 2024)
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Student Loans & Student Debt
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Can President Trump Claw Back Student Loan Forgiveness? (The College Investor; 22 Nov 2024)
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Student Debtors Could See Hopes Vanish Under Trump (The American Prospect; 22 Nov 2024)
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Federal Student Loan Changes Spark Unprecedented Number of Borrower Complaints (Investopedia; 20 Nov 2024)
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Biden needs to push through promised student-loan relief before Trump returns to White House, powerful Democrat warns (MarketWatch; 22 Nov 2024)
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New York Republican proposes to slash student loan interest rates (Fox Business; 22 Nov 2024)
Non-Profit & Government Management & Hiring
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Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here’s what that would mean (AP; 20 Nov 2024)
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Where Did the Funding Go? (The Chronicle of Philanthropy; 20 Nov 2024)
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[FL] Judges may create nonprofits devoted to the improvement of the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice (Florida Bar News; 20 Nov 2024)
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‘Self-inflicted wound’: Pentagon comptroller warns Trump against mass firings of federal employees (Breaking Defense; 19 Nov 2024)
Access to Justice – Civil & Economic
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Seattle [WA] budget scales back tenant hotlines, legal aid (The Seattle Times; 22 Nov 2024)
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Addressing California’s Access to Justice Crisis by Fundamentally Rethinking Legal Services: A Conversation with Stanford’s David Engstrom and Lucy Ricca (Stanford Law School Blogs; 21 Nov 2024)
Access to Justice – Criminal
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More public defenders coming to Muskegon County [MI] (ABC 13; 19 Nov 2024)
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State Public Defender seeks more funding for 2025 (Coeur d’Alene Post Falls Press; 22 Nov 2024)
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Eastern WA Leaders: Public defender caseload plan brings high costs, but no state funding (Apple Valley News Now; 21 Nov 2024)
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Light at the end of the tunnel: Deschutes DA, C. Oregon attorneys hopeful to see end of defender shortage (KTVZ 21; 18 Nov 2024)