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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Colin Reyes</dc:creator>
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      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <dc:creator>Aarya Kapoor</dc:creator>
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      <title>How the FCC sets price caps on prison phone calls</title>
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      <dc:creator>Devon Clarke</dc:creator>
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      <dc:creator>Devon Clarke</dc:creator>
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      <title>How federal compassionate release works, and what the Supreme Court just narrowed</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A judge can shorten a federal sentence already being served, but only through a specific statutory door. Two rulings on May 28, 2026 moved its frame.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:47:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <dc:creator>Colin Reyes</dc:creator>
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      <title>How the Labor Department recovers stolen wages, and how much workers get</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Federal wage-theft enforcement hit a five-year high in 2025, but the recovery process, and its limits, are less understood than the headline number.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Colin Reyes</dc:creator>
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      <title>Treatment courts, from veterans dockets to drug courts, explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Aarya Kapoor</dc:creator>
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      <title>Community benefit agreements: when developers negotiate with neighborhoods</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Community benefit agreements explained: Staples Center lineage, enforceability structures, local hiring and anti-displacement terms, and who signs for the community.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Colin Reyes</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[The immigration court backlog passed 3.5 million cases. Wait times, representation gaps, and why every immigration policy fight is now about the queue.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Devon Clarke</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wage theft recovery explained: Wage and Hour complaints, state agency claims, FLSA deadlines, tips and gig misclassification, and what to document first.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <title>Clemency explained: how pardon decisions are actually made</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Colin Reyes</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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