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Kansas public defenders are overworked and understaffed, according to current standards
The Topeka Capital-Journal· 3 days agoPublic Board of Indigent Defense Services didn't get the $11 million it requested from the state of...
Public defender Willy Chotzen wins Democratic primary to represent Southeast Portland in Oregon...
OregonLive.com· 6 days agoPublic defender Willy Chotzen defeated longtime public health administrator Mary Lou Hennrich...
Biden nominates longtime public defender for U.S. court in Philly in race to confirm more judges...
Philly.com· 5 days agoA longtime public defender is President Joe Biden’s latest pick to fill the one of the five federal...
‘A state of triage’: Illinois public defenders in crisis amid staffing shortage
Courthouse News Service· 4 days agoMore than half are without a public defenders’ office altogether. Meanwhile, a 2021 report from the...
Louisiana Is Slashing Public Defender Salaries
Esquire· 4 days ago...Starns quickly told district defenders in charge of indigent defense across the state to start bracing for cuts to their pay—a reversal of raises the...
Stanislaus public defense is among most understaffed, overworked in Central Valley, report says
Modesto Bee· 7 days ago“A properly funded and staffed Public Defender’s Office can help mitigate or eliminate those...
Other days | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 4 days agoA. B. Hill, state superintendent of public instruction, and Miss Annie Griffey, president of the Arkansas Educational Association, have places on the program ...
Statewide public defense office would help Illinois counties in need of support
Chicago Sun-Times· 7 days agoSupreme Court’s landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision, which guaranteed the right to counsel for...
Lobbying compensation: Top 25 firms post strong Q1 reports
Florida Politics· 4 days agoThe state’s biggest lobbying firms may be scooping up $2 million-plus every quarter, but there’s...
President Biden Names Fiftieth Round of Judicial Nominees | The White House
The White House· 5 days agoThe President is announcing his intent to nominate two individuals to federal circuit courts and two...