HUD Says Its Proposed Limit on Public Housing Aid Could Displace 55,000 Children

by Press | May 13, 2019 | Newsclips

WASHINGTON — Thousands of legal residents and citizens, including 55,000 children who are in the country legally, could be displaced under a proposed rule intended to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing assistance, according to the...

Proposed Rule Could Evict 55,000 Children From Subsidized Housing

by Press | May 10, 2019 | Newsclips

Tens of thousands of poor children — all of them American citizens or legal residents — could lose their housing under a new rule proposed today by the Trump Administration.

Tennessee passed a law that could make it harder to register voters

by Press | May 6, 2019 | Newsclips

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a measure Thursday that fines groups for incomplete or inaccurate forms. Hours later, civil rights groups filed a lawsuit.

Voting rights advocates sue over Tennessee crackdown on voter registration

by Press | May 6, 2019 | Newsclips

Voting rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday, hours after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed into law a measure that would impose criminal charges and fines on voter registration groups over incomplete forms and missed deadlines.

Civil rights groups sue Tennessee Over law imposing new penalties on voter registration

by Press | May 6, 2019 | Newsclips

(Reuters) – Civil rights groups in Tennessee have asked a federal court to block enforcement of a new state law that threatens to impose new penalties on voter-registration groups if they file too many incomplete forms.

Trump views the Supreme Court as an ally, sowing doubt about its independence among his critics

by Press | May 4, 2019 | Newsclips

The morning after the Supreme Court reviewed his administration’s most important case of the term, President Trump informed the justices he might have another task for them. “I DID NOTHING WRONG,” Trump tweeted Wednesday. “If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach, I...