Governor Tom Corbett’s nominee for Pennsylvania’s next Attorney General was confirmed Monday by the state Senate. Linda L. Kelly, 61, of Pittsburgh, was nominated by Corbett in February to finish his unexpired term, which ends in January 2013. Corbett resigned as attorney general before becoming

Pennsylvania veterans received more than $1.5 billion in compensation and pension benefits in the 2010 federal fiscal year. According to a recent statistical report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Pennsylvania has 964,132 veterans – the nation’s fourth-largest veteran population. While

Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille today praised the PA Legal Aid Network for the positive performance audit received from the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee yesterday on its oversight of Access to Justice funds. He also strongly agreed with the audit’s finding that the

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it is offering up to $9.1 million to address the critical housing needs of low-income persons and families living with HIV/AIDS including homeless individuals and families. HUD’s funding notice is offered through the Housing

Deal Would Substantially Reduce Competition in Sale of Digital Do-It-Yourself Tax Preparation Products and Result in Higher Prices and a Reduction in Innovation and Quality The Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the proposed acquisition by H&R Block Inc. of TaxACT, a

In a joint project of the PA Bar Association’s Pro Bono Office, the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network and Widener Law School, Harrisburg, students from the law school recently supplied PALawHELP.org with a series of information brochures entitled “Know Your Debtor’s Rights.” The brochures are now

This story from the Somerset county Daily American highlights the "tremendous" success of a foreclosure diversion program offered by the Somerset County court system since last April through Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc.

Unemployedworkers.org reports that a bill that would drastically cut Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits for large numbers of Pennsylvania's unemployed is moving in the General Assembly, and votes are expected as early as Monday, May 23. HB 916 would make permanent, harmful reductions in benefit