PA Student Achievement Rises for 8th Consecutive Year Eighty-two percent of Pennsylvania schools met the required academic goals for the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law for 2010, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced on September 14, with record numbers of students performing at grade level

The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved a pilot project to evaluate the effect of cameras in federal district courtrooms and the public release of digital video recordings of some civil proceedings. The pilot, which will be national in scope, will last up to three years. It will

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that HUD’s 2006 foreclosure and disposition of Third East Hills, a project-based Section 8 residential property in Pittsburgh, without a Section 8 contract, violated the Schumer Amendment. Starting in 2005, the Schumer Amendment has

The Internal Revenue Service today released a draft version of the form that small businesses and tax-exempt organizations will use to calculate the small business health care tax credit when they file income tax returns next year. The IRS also announced how eligible tax-exempt organizations - which

In observance of the recent Labor Day holiday, this week’s DPW Budget message focuses on DPW programs that promote work: Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) and the Way to Work program, in conjunction with Child Care Works .

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has issued a sweeping decision striking down as unconstitutional the city of Hazleton's law that would punish landlords and employers who are accused of renting to or hiring anyone the city classifies as an "illegal alien." Hazleton adopted its first

Michael Nardone named Acting Secretary Governor Edward G. Rendell has announced that Department of Public Welfare Secretary Harriet Dichter will resign Wednesday, Sept. 15, to open the Washington, D.C., office of the First Five Years Fund, which is dedicated to improving federal policy for early

With mortgage foreclosure levels historically high and expected to go higher, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is asking county court officials to consider developing foreclosure mediation programs. These programs typically involve court-supervised efforts to resolve foreclosure cases through