LSC gets $135M boost in US House bill
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, providing $550 million for the Legal Services Corp.
LSC gets $15M in supplemental disaster bill
The Legal Services Corp. will receive $15 million to fund legal aid in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2019 passed Monday by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Group studying access to civil legal services to meet Wednesday
Various lawyers, judges, lawmakers and others will get together for the first time Wednesday to discuss ways to pay for legal services and make them otherwise available to Wisconsin residents who can’t afford them.
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Financial tug of war: Long-term legal service goals at odds with needs
As state money for indigent legal services dries up, there is another source that providers argue could be tapped for immediate relief: the thousands of dollars allocated for the State Bar of Wisconsin-sponsored Access to Justice Commission.
Massive cuts proposed for legal service providers
Wisconsin’s poor could soon have far less options for civil legal service providers due to proposed cuts in the state budget.
Legal News
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- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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