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July 25, 2024

Senate FY 2025 Budget Proposes Increased Funding for LSC

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee proposed $566 million in funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) today in its markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) FY 2025 appropriations legislation. This figure represents a $6 million increase from LSC’s FY 2024 funding and matches the White House’s FY 2025 request.
July 23, 2024

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Medical Debt Suits Plague Courts and Patients—Is There Another Way?

Guests from Kansas and Tennessee discuss the growth of medical debt lawsuits, their impact on patients, and efforts to mitigate these suits on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. LSC President Ron Flagg hosts the conversation with Matt Keenan, Executive Director of Kansas Legal Services (KLS), and Dana Schmidt, Manager of Mediation Programs for the Tennessee Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts.
June 26, 2024

Proposed House FY 2025 Budget Cut Would Impair Already Under-Resourced Legal Aid Programs

This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science proposed a budget for FY 2025 that would cut the Legal Service Corporation’s (LSC) funding, impairing the ability of 130 legal aid programs to serve low-income Americans facing critical issues such as evictions, veterans benefits and domestic violence. The House Subcommittee’s proposed budget cuts LSC’s funding by $71 million to $489 million.