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Houston, TX – Lone Star Legal Aid is proud to announce that pizza sales at the Sawyer Heights MOD Pizza location (1911 Taylor St, Ste. A, Houston, TX 77007) on Sunday, September 11, 2022, will benefit our Military & Veterans Unit. Ways to support this fundraiser Receive 20% off all digital and in-store fundraiser sales on September 11, 2022 by: […]
UPDATE – This is the final week to purchase tickets. Houston, TX – Night Court, a fundraising event that has raised over $1 million for charitable causes, returns to The Hobby Center from August 17-20, 2022 with Justice by the Dozen. Proceeds will support local legal aid providers: AVDA Beacon Child Advocates HAWC Children’s Court Services Houston Volunteer Lawyers Lone Star […]
EPA Objects to Valero Houston Refinery’s Title V Air Permit Due to TCEQ Compliance Failure, Continues to Rely on Harmful Policy that Endangers Clean Air Media Contacts: Tom Pelton, Environmental Integrity Project, 443-510-2574 or tpelton@environmentalintegrity.org Alexandria Trimble, Earthjustice, (202) 792-6889, atrimble@earthjustice.org Clarissa Ayala, Lone Star Legal Aid, 832-627-8404, cayala@lonestarlegal.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 7, 2022 Austin, Texas – The U.S. Environmental […]
Texas has Refused to Fix Problems in its Air Permitting Program that Affect Environmental Justice and Public Participation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Media Contacts: Tom Pelton, Environmental Integrity Project, 443-510-2574 or tpelton@environmentalintegrity.org Alexandria Trimble, Earthjustice, (202) 792-6889, atrimble@earthjustice.org Clarissa Ayala, Lone Star Legal Aid, 832-627-8404, cayala@lonestarlegal.org Austin, Texas – Today, the Environmental Integrity Project and twelve other […]
Houston, TX – It has been almost five years since the seniors living at 2100 Memorial, a Houston Housing Authority (“HHA”) property with a view of Downtown Houston, were displaced due to Hurricane Harvey. Now, they are on their way home. The HHA broke ground Tuesday morning on an affordable senior living facility to replace the former building, subject to […]
Port Arthur Community Action Network, Lone Star Legal Aid, and Environmental Integrity Project are hosting a virtual press conference about this decision on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 10 AM, via Facebook Live at www.Facebook.com/LoneStarLegalAid. Reporters interested in joining the virtual meeting to ask questions directly to the speakers can email cayala@lonestarlegal.org to receive Zoom instructions. Port Arthur, Texas — […]
Lone Star Legal Aid is funded in part by Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans in the nation. By partnering with NORC at the University of Chicago, LSC has measured “the difference between the civil legal needs of low-income Americans and the resources available to meet those needs.” In their 2022 report, […]
Houston, TX – The Legal Aid for Survivors of Sexual Assault (LASSA) Texas Network is pleased to announce the launch of their website, www.lassatexas.org. The statewide network consists of nine programs that collaborate to provide holistic legal services to the most vulnerable and underserved sexual violence survivors in Texas. Since the LASSA Program’s inception in October 2015, the Network has […]
Brazoria County, TX – There will be a public meeting held on March 10, 2022, at 7 PM, regarding Gladieux Metals Recycling, LLC’s Permit Application for Air Permit No. 1157c. The existing facility will emit the following contaminants: ammonia, arsenic, carbon monoxide, cobalt, hazardous air pollutants, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen peroxide, nitrogen oxides, nickel, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter […]
Houston, TX – The City of Houston’s Super Neighborhood 48 (“SN48”), covering an area known as Trinity Gardens and Houston Gardens (“The Gardens”), through its attorneys at Lone Star Legal Aid, has filed a Title VI Civil Rights Administrative Complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Department of Housing and […]
Conroe, TX – Susan Soto, a staff attorney in our Conroe Branch Office, participated in the Houston Bar Association’s 25th Annual AIDS Outreach Holiday Adopt-a-Family Project last month. 85 law firms, legal departments and individual donors provided holiday gifts for 128 families in need. This includes a record 484 individuals (194 adults and 290 children), making it the HBA’s biggest […]
Houston, TX – Local natural gas company Williams of the Galleria Area has sponsored one of Lone Star Legal Aid’s clients with all the furnishings for a new apartment. December is the National Season of Giving, and Williams contacted us to find out if they could sponsor one of our clients. We connected them with Blanca Correa, a crime survivor […]
Port Arthur, Texas – John Beard, the President of PA-CAN (Port Arthur Community Action Network), a community group client of our Environmental Justice Team, is being recognized for his environmental advocacy with two 2021 Awards, the FracTracker Alliance’s 2021 Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship and the Climate Law Institute’s 2021 Rose Braz Award for Bold Activism. The Community Sentinel […]
Houston, TX – Lone Star Legal Aid is accepting cryptocurrency donations through The Giving Block this Giving Season. The Giving Block allows people to donate cryptocurrency and nonprofits to receive it safely and relatively easily. Non-profits are also businesses, and individual donations allow us to be innovative, provide high quality services, and sustain our work when other resources are unavailable. […]
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors Jill Campbell Penn as Outstanding New Volunteer. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to ensure that all East Texas residents have equal access to the courts. Ms. Campbell Penn […]
INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY RECEIVES ACCOLADES FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO PRO BONO SERVICE In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors Lynda K. Russell for Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to ensure […]
LONE STAR LEGAL AID’S NACOGDOCHES OFFICE ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors W. Albert Weatherly as Attorney of the Year, Nacogdoches County. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise to ensure that […]
In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local Veteran’s organization Don & Ellie Knauss Veteran Resource & Support Center, Division of Student Affairs, Texas A&M University as Community Partner. The Don & Ellie Knauss Veteran Resource & Support Center, Division of Student Affairs, Texas A&M University, will be formally recognized on […]
LONE STAR LEGAL AID’S TYLER OFFICE ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR AWARD In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local attorney Leigh Hunt Goodson as Attorney of the Year, Smith County. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal expertise […]
INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY RECEIVES ACCOLADES FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO PRO BONO SERVICE In commemoration of National Pro Bono Week (October 25th – 29th), Lone Star Legal Aid honors local attorney Stephen M. Spitzer for his Outstanding Commitment to Pro Bono Service. Lone Star Legal Aid Pro Bono Awards recognize attorneys, law firms and community partners who donate their time and legal […]