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April 7, 2025
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is are encouraging Pennsylvanians to obtaining a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or ID card. to ensure they can fly domestically without disruptions and enter federal buildings and facilities after May 7.
April 2, 2025
The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Miranda Barbour due to a horrifying pattern of relentless sexual assault, harassment, and stalking against her by a parole agent, Kenneth Jones, while Ms. Barbour was incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at
March 28, 2025
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. (PLAN) recognized the recipients of the 2025 Excellence Awards during the annual Excellence Awards Celebration that was held on March 27, 2025 at the Hilton Harrisburg. PLAN was honored to have The Honorable Jordan A. Harris, Majority Chair, House Appropriations
March 28, 2025
The Department of Human Services and the Office of State Inspector General remind Pennsylvanians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to change their EBT card PINs ahead of their monthly SNAP benefit distribution. This reminder is extremely timely, as thieves often
March 28, 2025
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a motion for a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit brought by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and other plaintiffs against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought.
March 28, 2025
The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) announced today that a recent important victory and agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) will significantly improve religious meal accommodations for incarcerated Muslims at a Pennsylvania state prison, in time for Eid-al
March 27, 2025
The PA Public Utility Commission issued a consumer alert warning about a scam involving telephone calls that falsely claim to be from the PUC – using the phone number of the Commission’s Philadelphia office as the caller ID.
March 27, 2025
The Pennsylvania Utility Law Project (PULP) reports that the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) season has been extended until Friday, April 18, 2025. The season was originally scheduled to run from November 4, 2024, to April 4, 2025, but that has now been extended to April 18, 2025

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