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Many Changes Afoot for Nonprofit Organizations at Internal Revenue Service
Three IRS developments — Form 8976's move to Pay.gov, a possible precedent revisiting regarding race-based selection criteria, and looming Johnson Amendment guidance — are reshaping the ground under paired (c)(3)/(c)(4) structures before the June 30 window closes on IRS/Treasury priority program guidance.
Resurrecting the U.S. Department of Education?
A Massachusetts federal court ordered the Trump administration to reinstate hundreds of Department of Education employees, reviving the broader constitutional question of whether the executive branch can effectively eliminate a Cabinet-level agency that Congress created.
SCOTUS Rules 4-4 on Major Charter School Case
When the Supreme Court splits 4-4, the lower court's ruling stands but sets no national precedent, leaving charter school authorizers, advocates, and litigants nationwide without the clear constitutional answer they came to the Court to find.
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