Daily News Roundup: Controversial Nonprofit That Houses Migrant Kids Suing Houston
September 17, 2018 | Read Time: 1 minute
Top News and Features
Controversial Nonprofit Seeking to Open Houston Facility for Migrant Kids Sues City Over Permits (Houston Chronicle)
Top Sloan Kettering Cancer Doctor Resigns After Failing to Disclose Industry Ties (New York Times)
Relief and Donations for Florence Victims Coming From Many Sources (AccuWeather)
Nonprofits and the Law
Allentown, Pa., Slaps Nonprofits With Business Tax; Hospital Hits Back With Lawsuit (Morning Call)
Judge’s Order Could Let South Bend Abortion Clinic Open (Associated Press)
4 Former Executives of Mo. Health Nonprofit Netted $17 Million Through Deal With Company (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
More News and Features
After the Financial Crisis, Wall Street Turned to Charity — and Avoided Justice (New Yorker). Also, see a Chronicle opinion piece about Anand Giridharadas’s new book and an interview with the author.
In the Drive for Donors, Regional Public Colleges Have a Lot of Catching Up to Do (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Former La. State Police Leader Sits on Politically Connected Nonprofit Board Despite Scandal Over Using Taxpayer Money for Personal Reasons (Times-Picayune)
On Big Philanthropy
$40 Gift to U. of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s College of Business Will Fund Renovations, Scholarships, Faculty Additions (Times Free Press)
Knight Foundation and Lenfest Institute for Journalism Pledge $20 Million for Local Journalism and $9 Million for Philly Parks and Arts (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Billionaire Who Quit Tencent to Pledge His Money to Teachers (Bloomberg)
