Updates
2006 General News
Effort Aids Businesses Devastated by Katrina
- By: New York Law Journal
- 12/21/2006
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Preliminary Injunction in ACORN v. FEMA Restores Housing Assistance Benefits the Agency Denied to Evacuees
- By: Public Citizen
- 11/29/2006
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Citigroup Attorneys Lend a Helping Hand to Katrina Victims
- By: Corporate Counsel
- 09/12/2006
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Southern Poverty Law Center suit wins unpaid wages for Katrina migrant workers
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 09/11/2006
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Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Extended Deadlines for Insurance Claims
- By: Poverty Law News
- 09/05/2006
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National, Local Responders Overwhelmed in Katrina's Wake, Report Finds
- By: Philanthropy News Digest
- 09/04/2006
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Judge calls district attorney the gatekeeper for justice
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 08/31/2006
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Feds to begin cutting off rental aid to thousands
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 08/31/2006
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Law Firms Respond to the Legal Needs of Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 08/25/2006
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Hurricane Evacuee's Medicaid Resumes
- By: LSC Updates
- 08/24/2006
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Responding to the Legal Needs of Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 08/24/2006
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Prisoners Left Without Water, Ventilation After Hurricane Katrina
- By: Associated Press
- 08/11/2006
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Mitchell Law School students assist Katrina survivors
- By: William Mitchell News
- 08/11/2006
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New Orleans Moves to Repair Its Legal System
- By: New York Times
- 08/09/2006
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Volunteers Needed for Disaster Legal Services
- By: PA Bar Association/Young Lawyers Division
- 08/07/2006
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North Carolina attorneys providing free legal aid to Katrina victims
- By: Winston-Salem Journal
- 08/01/2006
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CLINIC Publishes Employment Problems in Louisiana and Mississippi
- By: Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- 07/31/2006
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Katrina Victim Sues FEMA to Fight for Fair Flood Insurance Rules
- By: New Orleans Legal Assistance: An Office of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
- 07/27/2006
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Insurance Policy Holders Beware! The One-Year Anniversary of Katrina Approaches.
- By: Jones Walker
- 07/26/2006
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Final Report on the Conference on Public Defense in Louisiana and Temporary Emergency Pro Bono Criminal Legal Assistance Rule for Orleans Parish
- By: Louisiana State Bar Association
- 07/25/2006
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Are FEMA Trailers 'Toxic Tin Cans'? Private testing finds high levels of formaldehyde; residents report illnesses
- By: MSNBC
- 07/24/2006
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Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Will Now Be Able to Pay Utilities With Leftover FEMA Housing Assistance Funds
- By: Brennan Center's Legal Services E-lert
- 07/21/2006
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Hurricane Aid Flowing Directly to Homeowners
- By: New York Times
- 07/17/2006
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Free Legal Aid Gives Rita Victims Hope for Help
- By: KFDM.com
- 07/14/2006
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FEMA ordered to pay Utilities
- By: Public Interest Law Project
- 07/13/2006
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Cooley Godward Sends Volunteers to Gulf Coast to Kick off Pro Bono Initiative
- By: Market Wire
- 07/11/2006
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Groundbreaking Trial Could Help Decide Katrina Insurance Claims
- By: The Associated Press
- 07/11/2006
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Young Lawyers Division Honors Katrina Volunteers
- By: The Mississippi Bar
- 07/10/2006
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Mississippi Supreme Court Extends CLE Deadline for Coastal Lawyers
- By: The Mississippi Bar
- 07/10/2006
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Free Seminars on August Insurance Deadline
- By: Loyola University School of Law
- 07/09/2006
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Womble Carlyle to provide legal aid to Katrina victims
- By: The Business Journal
- 06/23/2006
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FEMA Trailer Evictions Stopped; Court Ruling in McWaters Class Action against FEMA
- By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- 06/22/2006
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HUD to New Orleans Poor: "Go F(ind) Yourself (Housing)!"
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 06/19/2006
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Decision Issued in McWaters v. FEMA
- By: Public Interest Law Project
- 06/19/2006
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Local attorneys still helping those in need following Hurricane Katrina
- By: Memphis Commercial Appeal
- 06/17/2006
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USDOL Expands Policy on DUA Benefits
- By: National Employment Law Project
- 06/15/2006
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Fair Housing Center Launches Hurricane Relief Project To Assist Homeowners With Mortgage And Insurance Issues
- By: Fair Housing Action Center
- 06/02/2006
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Fla. Firms' Hurricane Readiness May Depend on Their Size
- By: Daily Business Review
- 06/01/2006
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Judge Steps In for Poor Inmates Without Justice
- By: New York Times
- 05/25/2006
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FEMA Seeks to Evict 3,000 Displaced by Katrina
- By: NPR
- 05/25/2006
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30 Days' Notice at the FEMA Trailer
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 05/25/2006
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30 Days' Notice at the FEMA Trailer
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 05/22/2006
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Class Action Suit Filed Against FEMA Today
- By: Public Interest Law Project
- 05/19/2006
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AARP volunteers pitch in to address special needs of older homeowners who are starting from scratch after Hurricane Katrina
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 05/18/2006
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Justice department report will be foundation for rebuilding
- By: The Associated Press
- 05/18/2006
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Biloxi rejects new elevations for post-Katrina housing
- By: Sun Herald
- 05/18/2006
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Federal bill strips FEMA of housing duties
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 05/18/2006
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Law Firms in Hurricane Zone Draw on Hard-Won Lessons
- By: The National Law Journal
- 05/10/2006
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Public housing residents demand to reoccupy units
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 05/04/2006
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Responding to the Legal Needs of Hurricane Victims
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 05/03/2006
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Evacuees Find Housing Grants Will End Soon
- By: New York Times
- 04/27/2006
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Appleseed Officially Launches Hurricane Response Project
- By: Appleseed
- 04/21/2006
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ABA Creates ListServ to support pro bono bankruptrcy assistance to Katrina victims
- By: ABA Center for Pro Bono
- 04/18/2006
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Katrina brings disorder to court
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 04/18/2006
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LOUISIANA RECOVERY AUTHORITY HOUSING PLAN FAILS THE FAIR HOUSING TEST
- By: Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
- 04/17/2006
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Federal Judge in Mississippi 'Storm Surge' Case Upholds Home Insurance Flood Exclusion
- By: Insurance Journal
- 04/17/2006
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Small business owners struggling: with sales shriveled, push is on for grants
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 04/16/2006
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FEMA Transitioning Eligible Evacuees in 403 Apartments
- By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- 04/13/2006
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Hurricane evacuees could soon be homeless -- again
- By: CNN
- 04/10/2006
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American Bar Association Funds Katrina Disaster Attorneys
- By: New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp.
- 04/08/2006
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NOLAC Attorneys Speak on Disaster Related Issues
- By: New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp.
- 04/08/2006
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New Orleans Judge threatens to free poor inmates
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 04/08/2006
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Orleans courthouse could reopen by May
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 04/08/2006
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Many Katrina victims still jobless, unemployed
- By: Associated Press
- 04/08/2006
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Rita-Related Insurance Suits Pick Up Speed
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 04/06/2006
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Free Legal Assistance for Katrina Victims
- By: WLBT
- 03/30/2006
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Financing up, but public defender board has lost leadership
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 03/25/2006
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Katrina did not Raise Awareness of Poverty, Study Finds
- By: Stanford
- 03/24/2006
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Request for Information about HUD Disaster Assistance to Individuals Who Were Homeless Before the Hurricanes
- By: National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- 03/20/2006
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Request for Information about FEMA Appeals from Katrina Victims
- By: National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- 03/20/2006
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The Gulf Rush
- By: In These Times
- 03/19/2006
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Legal aides: Law students travel a long way to lend skills
- By: The Sun Herald
- 03/19/2006
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Katrina Update 6 -- and April 6 DC-Area Reception
- By: Mississippi Center for Justice
- 03/19/2006
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Katrina-Damaged Cars Pour into Used Market
- By: NPR
- 03/19/2006
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Tulane Law Clinic head says funding of defenders unconstitutional
- By: NOLA.com
- 03/16/2006
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New Orleans Legal System Increasingly on Defensive
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 03/16/2006
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Farmworkers harvesting less income
- By: Sun Herald
- 03/16/2006
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FEMA works to keep trailer parks temporary
- By: National Journal
- 03/16/2006
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In The Eye of the Storm: How the Government and Private Response to Hurricane Katrina Failed Latinos
- By: The National Council of La Raza
- 03/13/2006
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Housing Needs of Many Low-Income Evacuees
- By: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- 03/13/2006
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Students Head South For Katrina Project
- By: New York Law Journal
- 03/05/2006
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State board dedicates more than $500,000 to Orleans indigent defense
- By: KATC3
- 03/03/2006
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Breathing New Life into New Orleans' Small Businesses
- By: Second Wind
- 02/27/2006
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FEMA Offers Limited Hotel/Motel Extensions in LA and MS
- By: FEMA
- 02/27/2006
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Katrina report suggests 125 ways to fix crisis response
- By: Detroit Free Press
- 02/24/2006
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Louisiana Official Opens Probe of Court System
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 02/24/2006
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FEMA's Flood Tide
- By: Austin Chronicle
- 02/24/2006
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New Orleans Faces Public Defender Crisis
- By: Forbes
- 02/24/2006
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Six Months After Katrina: Who Was Left Behind - Then and Now
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 02/22/2006
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Sheriff, prisoners differ on storm evacuation success
- By: New Orleans City Business
- 02/21/2006
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Notes on 2/15/06 FEMA housing assistance call
- By: Public Interest Law Project
- 02/17/2006
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Hundreds Of Katrina Evacuees, Supporters March
- By: Local 2 Houston KPRC
- 02/16/2006
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New Orleans City Park will fold ‘Tent City’
- By: New Orleans City Business
- 02/16/2006
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Hotel Aid Ends; Katrina Evacuees Seek Housing Again
- By: New York Times
- 02/14/2006
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Judge halts prosecutions of New Orleans indigent defendants
- By: Associated Press
- 02/11/2006
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Unemployment benefits near end
- By: The Advocate
- 02/11/2006
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Public defender cases in limbo
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 02/11/2006
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Migrant Workers Hired to Clean-Up Debris of Hurricane Katrina Sue Three Companies for Unpaid Wages, Represented by Immigrant Justice Project of Southern Poverty Law Center
- By: Brennan Center's Legal Services E-lert
- 02/10/2006
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New Orleans Justice System Scrutinized
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 02/09/2006
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URGENT: McWaters v. FEMA Call for Information
- By: National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- 02/09/2006
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Storm Victims Face Big Delay to Get Trailers
- By: New York Times
- 02/09/2006
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Chaos can't bench court
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 02/07/2006
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MN Lawyers Raise Money For Hurricane-Hit Legal System
- By: WCCO.com
- 02/07/2006
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After Katrina Policy Briefs
- By: Urban Institute
- 02/06/2006
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Migrants on cleanup crews allege unfair work practices
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 02/02/2006
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Responding to the Legal Needs of Hurricane Victims
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 02/01/2006
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Online Tool Helps Hurricane Victims with New EITC and ACTC Rules
- By: Internal Revenue Service
- 01/26/2006
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From New York To New Orleans: NY Lawyers Help LA Residents With Insurance Claims
- By: NY1.com
- 01/20/2006
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a dedicated team of legal services lawyers sail on
- By: The American Lawyer
- 01/17/2006
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Rebuilding proposal gets mixed reception
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 01/12/2006
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Prescription benefit deadline extended for Louisiana Evacuees
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 01/11/2006
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IRS: Katrina may slow tax form deliveries
- By: 2thadvocate.com
- 01/10/2006
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LexisNexis extends access to LA pro bono attorneys
- By: The Pro Bono Project (New Orleans)
- 01/07/2006
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SLLS Staff Attorneys Wanted for New Orleans Office, Part-time Contract Attorney Needed for Hammond Office
- By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
- 01/07/2006
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Katrina and Rita Victims to Receive More Help Through Two New Corporate and Law Firm Sponsored Fellowships Created by Appleseed Foundation
- By: Brennan Center's Legal Services E-lert
- 01/06/2006
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Harvard to study Katrina's long-term psychological toll
- By: Boston Globe
- 01/06/2006
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Legal fight set after gas stations deny gouging after Katrina
- By: Chicago Sun-Times
- 01/06/2006
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FEMA to close two Alabama shelters for Katrina evacuees
- By: The Associated Press
- 01/06/2006
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Hurricane mediation insurance program in MS begins 1/6/06
- By: The Sun Herald
- 01/05/2006
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Students Document Forgotten Katrina Victims: Vietnamese Americans
- By: Pacific News Service
- 01/05/2006
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Housing discrimination hits the Web
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 01/04/2006
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Officials seek equal treatment for Katrina and Rita victims
- By: Orange Leader
- 01/03/2006
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FEMA: Evacuees in Hotels Get New Deadline
- By: AP
- 01/03/2006
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Lawyers' Committe and Schulte Roth & Zabel Win Extension of FEMA Housing Aid
- By: Schulte Roth & Zabel
- 01/03/2006
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LSC Guidance on Programs' Response to Hurricane Katrina (links to PDF)
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 01/02/2006
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Volunteers needed to help poor in MS in aftermath of hurricane
- By: Clarion-Ledger
- 01/02/2006
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Katrina sent sex offenders off the radar
- By: CNN.com
- 01/01/2006
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Mississippi Coast: The debate rages on, wind or water damage?
- By: Picayune Item
- 01/01/2006
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The Price of Katrina Hospitality
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 01/01/2006
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