The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial status of the health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined asset reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance (OASI and DI) Trust Funds are projected to have enough

To help cut costs for Pennsylvanians facing rising costs of health care, Governor Josh Shapiro's 2024-25 budget proposal invests $50 million into the state's reinsurance program to free up dollars to create an additional subsidy for low- and middle-income Pennsylvanians that are on the cusp of being

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts and Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) for multi-year servicing failures. The National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts purchase and securitize student loans, and

The Office for Access to Justice (ATJ) and White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR) hosted a webinar on April 25, 2024, to discuss federal funding that supports civil legal aid programs. The webinar included remarks from: ATJ Director Rachel Rossi LAIR Executive Director Allie Yang-Green

With the resurgence of in-person sales and marketing efforts fueled by the onset of warmer weather and continuing fluctuations in energy prices, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is urging consumers to understand how to protect themselves from questionable energy marketing sales

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Nancy A. Walker today announced a new Shapiro Administration initiative to make the process of applying for Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits even more accessible to Pennsylvanians who have lost a job through no fault of their own

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project has published the April 30, 2024 edition of PHLP Health Law News. You can subscribe to receive the PHLP Health Law News on the PHLP website at www.phlp.org. This edition features the following articles: PHLP's Janice L. Meinert Honored with 2024 PLAN Excellence

The Internal Revenue Service is accepting applications for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grants, which allows eligible organizations to apply for annual funding to provide free federal tax return preparation assistance for up to three years