Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Zygmont A. Pines is urging residents across the Commonwealth to be wary of prank phone calls and text messages about jury duty. District court administrators say there have been several instances statewide of citizens who received a phone call or text message from

Attorney General Eric Holder and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Mary Lou Leary have announced that four new cities will join a White House initiative to prevent youth violence. Philadelphia, New Orleans, Minneapolis and Camden, N.J., will join the six

Lynn A. Jennings has joined the staff of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) as vice president for grants management. Jennings will oversee LSC’s day-to-day programmatic operations, competitive grant process, and assessment and oversight of grantees. Prior to joining LSC, Jennings was the principal

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced the approval of the three disaster recovery plans totaling more than $49 million in emergency aid to help several communities throughout Pennsylvania, specifically Luzerne and Dauphin Counties, to recover from Hurricane Irene and

The Statewide Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), administered by the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation (PBF) and the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts Board (IOLTA), is ready for its third year of providing assistance to legal aid attorneys. Qualifying legal aid attorneys have until

In conjunction with a national initiative to promote Lifeline telephone discount program awareness, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) joined United Way of Capital Region Program Partner, YWCA, other state agencies and industry representatives to help residents “stay connected” at an

The August edition of the Senior Health 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 see their website at www.phlp.org.

Poverty in the U.S. remained high in 2011, the Census Bureau reported on September 12, as household incomes stagnated and median earnings for full-time workers fell. The number of Americans kept out of poverty by unemployment insurance also declined, due to a drop in the number of people accessing