Daily News Roundup: Judge Clears Legal-Aid Groups to Keep Helping Immigrants

Court Blocks Justice Dept. Move to Limit Nonprofits’ Immigration Work: A federal judge in Seattle said the order barring a legal-aid organization from assisting people facing deportation unless it takes them on formally as clients violates such groups’ First Amendment rights, the Associated Press reports. Seattle charity the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project sued to block the restriction after it was issued in April.

Miss. NAACP President to Temporarily Take National Helm: Derrick Johnson, who also serves as the civil-rights group’s national vice chairman, was unanimously chosen as interim CEO by the executive committee of the NAACP board, The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., writes. The organization also announced plans at its annual convention for a national listening tour to set strategy for tackling issues like voter suppression and police brutality, the Associated Press reports.

Kalamazoo Officials Unveil Plans for $500 Million Partnership With Donors: Documents released at a meeting Monday night detail the legal structure and governance of the Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence, launched with a $70.3 million gift from two local philanthropists, which aims to stabilize the Michigan city’s budget and fund tax cuts and municipal projects, reports MLive.

Jim DeMint Establishes New Conservative Nonprofit: Following his controversial ouster as head of the Heritage Foundation, the former Republican senator is launching the Conservative Partnership Institute to provide support to right-wing lawmakers when they arrive in Washington, including help recruiting staff and coaching on policy and communications, Axios writes.

Opinion: GM Wise to Align Philanthropy With Corporate Mission: The company’s plan to refocus its $30 million in annual giving to areas such as vehicle safety and STEM education serves corporate interests but could also provide greater community benefit than donations to the arts and other causes unrelated to GM’s business, two conservative philanthropy leaders write in the National Review.

Nonprofit StoryCorps Resists Workers’ Union Push: Liberal magazine The Nation writes that the dispute between the organization, which collects and preserves stories of everyday people, and employees seeking to unionize reflects larger tensions at StoryCorps as well as labor issues that can crop up at nonprofits, which often pay relatively little for demanding work. Read a Chronicle article about StoryCorps and its founder, Dave Isay.