Latest News   ::  Court approves favorable class action settlement for Lucchese employees who were unfairly laid off. ::  MALDEF is pleased that the Los Angeles Unified School District board on Thursday, May 22 opted to complete a sorely needed high school campus in the city center, the Belmont Learning Center. ::  The ever-growing California budget deficit: on May 14, Gov. Davis released the revision to his January Proposed Budget for 2003-'04. ::  MALDEF voices concerns about the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") and civil rights violations that could occur if the civil rights protection is not a priority in the development of the new agency. ::  MALDEF files a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of Michigan case. ::  MALDEF Opposes Bush Judicial Nominee as well as two other judicial candidates: Charles S. Pickering Sr. and Priscilla Owen. ::  MALDEF targets proposed California budget cuts that would be unfair to Latinos. ::  Thanks to MALDEF's Parent School Partnership (PSP) program, children at Gratts Elementary School in Los Angeles now have a operational computer lab. ::  THE HOFFMAN CASE: The Supreme Court reviews EEOC's Enforcement Guidance on Remedies Available to Undocumented Workers.