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After NC lawmakers pull plug on civil legal aid, nonprofits are left searching for solutions

  • Brandon Kingdollar

As Democratic lawmakers rose to attack the recent state budget plan put forth by the Republican leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly, they repeatedly brought up a somewhat obscure legal acronym vital to legal aid across the state: IOLTA. “We put more money into our indigent defense system, and that’s great. It needs it. […]

Tennessee

Agency providing legal help to immigrant kids forced to shut doors amid Trump administration cuts

  • Anita Wadhwani

Hundreds of immigrant children in Tennessee will soon lose access to their attorneys as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to withhold legal grant payments and end long-time contracts. Mid-South Immigration Advocates serves about 400 children — ranging from infants to teens — who entered the U.S. without a parent or legal guardian and […]