Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille has announced an agreement with the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) to allow gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments and to make them available to PCN’s network of more than 3.3 million homes. PCN coverage of Supreme Court

Tax Credits to Help Millions of Middle-class Families The Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury today took the next steps to establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges – one-stop marketplaces where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs and

FRAC Releases New Analysis of Gallup Data on Food Hardship Nearly one in four U.S. households with children struggled to afford enough food for themselves and their families in 2010, according to a new report (pdf) released by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). The analysis separately

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. held a Recognition Reception on August 3, 2011 honoring the participants in the the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Internship Program. Each year the interns are asked to write an essay reflecting on their experiences working with the various programs of the

Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. The Staff and Board of Directors of Friends of Farmworkers have announced that Meredith Rapkin has been selected to be the organization's new Executive Director. She will begin working full-time at Friends of Farmworkers on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Meredith comes to

Pennsylvania has been awarded a federal grant to continue statewide efforts to help prevent youth suicide and promote early intervention, Secretary of Public Welfare Gary Alexander has announced. “Suicide is, unfortunately, a leading cause of death among young people, but we can change this sad

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is seeking comment on a proposal to update the statutory requirement that LSC use poverty population data from the most recent decennial census for distribution of most LSC funding for legal services for the poor throughout the United States. Current law requires

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Community Development Studies and Education Department and Regional Housing Legal Services will be holding a forum entitled, No Place Like Home: Philadelphia’s Approach to Foreclosure Preventions , on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p