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News

  • CPR Defends Section 504 Against Attack by Seventeen States
    February 13, 2025
    In May, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued new regulations to enforce the original non-discrimination law for people with disabilities – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.  This was the first update of the 504 regulations since 1977, and included new provisions on health care, child welfare, communication, technology, and community integration.  In September, Texas and 16 other states filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel these new regulations and declare the 1973 statutory provision unconstitutional.  CPR, together with a broad disability coalition, organized a strategy to save 504 and defeat this lawsuit.
  • CPR Needs Your Help!
    February 11, 2025
    CPR and Partners Unite to Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities
  • CPR Submits Amici Brief to Support Louisville, Kentucky Consent Decree
    February 10, 2025
    In response to the murder of Breonna Taylor, the Department of Justice conducted an investigation of the Louisville Metro police department (LMPD).  It concluded that LMPD engaged in a pattern and practice of violating the constitutional rights of Louisville citizens, and the ADA’s non-discrimination provisions for people with disabilities. 
  • CPR Supports Proposed Rule to Sunset Federal Subminimum Wage Program
    January 22, 2025
    In January 2025, the Center for Public Representation (CPR) submitted comments in strong support of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would phase out subminimum wage certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 
  • Annual Appeal 2024
    December 18, 2024
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