LawHelp Interactive will be holding its Fall 2011 HotDocs and A2J Training on August 11-12, 2011 at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois. The training will have one beginner track for people who are new HotDocs and A2J author. If there is enough interest, an advanced track will be

Unemployment Benefits Bill Will Help Long-Term Unemployed Now, But It Cuts Future Benefits Without Fixing the Financing of the UC System Harrisburg lawmakers have agreed to a compromise bill that will allow an estimated 135,000 long-term unemployed Pennsylvanians to continue receiving unemployment

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has announced appointments to its Consumer Advisory Council (CAC), which provides input to Commissioners on consumer-related issues. The Commission reappointed the following CAC members to two-year terms from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2013

This story by Jane M. Von Bergen from Phily.com features comments from Sharon Dietrich of Community Legal Services on the negative impact on low-income workers of a proposed system overhaul being currently negotiated by Pennsylvania legislators that would cut unemployment spending $140 million a

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that approximately 275,000 organizations under the law have automatically lost their tax-exempt status because they did not file legally required annual reports for three consecutive years. The IRS believes the vast majority of these organizations are

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced 122 grants totaling more than $28 million to provide approximately 17,000 veterans who are homeless or at risk of being homeless with job training to help them succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded under the U.S. Department of Labor

A survey released by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reveals that a day in court for many individuals charged with a crime no longer means a trip to a courtroom. Instead, defendants often remain in a correctional facility or booking center as judges increasingly use video conferencing technology

Pennsylvania will receive $300,000 as part of a 10-state settlement resulting from an examination of Mortgage Access Corp., doing business as Weichert Financial Services. The examination, conducted jointly by banking regulatory agencies from each state, found that Weichert, headquartered in Morris