Under an agreement with the Department of Public Welfare approximately 100,000 individual who were were terminated from Medical Assistance in the past year will be receiving a letter with instructions on how to seek expidited reinstatement of their benefits. Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

The Department of Public Welfare is encouraging Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) recipients to apply online this year for assistance in paying home heating bills, a new process that will make the application process faster and will save taxpayer dollars. The department is sending

Pennsylvania’s Judiciary is offering protection from abuse forms in multiple languages to help address domestic violence issues in families who are not proficient in English. The new forms underscore the state court system’s long-standing commitment to promote equal access to justice regardless of

The Internal Revenue Service has announced annual inflation adjustments for more than two dozen tax provisions for tax year 2012. The annual exclusion for gifts rises to $14,000 for 2013, up from $13,000 for 2012. The amount used to reduce the net unearned income reported on a child’s tax return

Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 62 million Americans will increase 1.7 percent in 2013, according to an announcement by the Social Security Administration. The 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits that more than 56

The September edition of the Health Law PA News , a free bi-monthly newsletter, is now available from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please visit their website at www.phlp.org .

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently launched its new website, www.puc.pa.gov , featuring new tools, including video for consumers and PAGasSwitch . The new website is more customer friendly, geared to the Commission’s target audiences, while making the Commission more

The economy added 114,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent, according to the monthly jobs report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Today’s report is good news for the economy and good news for America’s workers,” said Christine Owens, executive