U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter on January 6 to Shaun Donovan, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), urging HUD to release $1 billion in funds Congress authorized last year to help unemployed homeowners. The Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP)

Zygmont A. Pines, court administrator of Pennsylvania, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Warren E. Burger Award for Excellence in Court Administration by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). The highest award for court management presented by the National Center, the Burger Award is

Thirty school districts, county governments and other municipal organizations across Pennsylvania will receive more than $8.4 million this week during the first phase of payments from a national bid-rigging settlement with Bank of America. Attorney General Tom Corbett said the funds are being wire

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has approved a new rule aimed at streamlining the foreign adoption process by establishing guidelines to be used when the child’s adoption was not “full and final” in the foreign country. Newly enacted Orphans’ Court Procedural Rule 15.9 provides a relatively easy

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced a joint partnership between the two agencies to help nearly 1,000 non-elderly Americans with disabilities leave nursing homes or other healthcare facilities

Five food banks serving communities across Pennsylvania have received a total of $150,000 as part of a consumer protection settlement between the Attorney General's Health Care Section and the CVS Pharmacy chain, which addressed complaints about the sale of expired over the counter drugs, infant

The Internal Revenue Service has opened the 2011 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 18 to file their tax returns. The IRS reminded taxpayers impacted by recent tax law changes that using e-file is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds.

This article in the National Law Journal discusses the grim financial forecast that struggling legal aid programs face as the new year opens and demand for legal services continues to increase. It highlights ongoing decreases in IOLTA funding, which generated $380 million nationally for legal aid