Government
Dec. 11, 2009
Legal Services to Get More Funding
Congressional negotiators approved a spending bill late Tuesday that boosts the budget for Legal Services Corp. by $30 million.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators approved a spending bill late Tuesday that boosts the budget for Legal Services Corp. by $30 million, bringing the total funding for the quasi-governmental group that distributes grants to local legal nonprofit groups to $420 million.
The bill also lifts a restriction that prevented civil legal aid groups that receive federal money from recoveri...
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