The Internal Revenue Service has opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns. The IRS encourages taxpayers to e-file as it is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds. The IRS also announced a number of

The White House has announced Summer Jobs+ , a new call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012. The President proposed $1.5 billion for high-impact summer jobs and year-round

Annual Legal Services Funding to be Reduced by 10% During Remainder of Fiscal Year With commonwealth revenues continuing to come in below estimate for the 2011-12 fiscal year, Governor Tom Corbett has directed his Budget Office to freeze nearly $160 million in state spending. The governor also has

The Legal Services Corporation will offer a webinar on how grantees can use Census Bureau data sets to estimate possible changes in their LSC funding levels based on the shifts in the geographic distribution of the nation’s poverty population since the 2000 decennial census. The webinar will run

On December 22, more than $845 million was being released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to states to help low-income households with their heating and home energy costs under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The continuing resolution currently in

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project has released the December edition of the Senior Health News , it's free bi-monthly newsletter. Prior editions of the newsletter and more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is available on their website at www.phlp.org . The December edition of

Taxpayers can get the most out of various recovery tax benefits and get a jump on preparing their 2011 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly revised comprehensive tax guide now available on IRS.gov. Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax , features details on taking advantage of a wide

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has released the results of its annual Cold Weather Survey, which showed that about 17,475 households will enter the winter season without heat-related utility service compared to 17,294 this time last year. The PUC encourages consumers without