The American College of Trial Lawyers has announced that the Older & Wiser program of the Neighborhood Legal Services Association of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the winner of the 2010 Emil Gumpert Award. The $50,000 first-place prize is funded by a grant from the Foundation of the American College

Article in the New York Times featuring comments from Kristen Dama of Community Legal Services regarding the dramatic price increase for people enrolled in the AdultBasic health insurance program in Pennsylvania.

From Public News Service Press Play (>) for Audio Report A grim reality in Pennsylvania, according to the latest state numbers, is that nine out of every 1,000 children are suspected victims of child abuse or neglect. However, experts now say more can be done to keep those kids safe.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has released the winter edition of the Keystone Connection report. The quarterly report represents the PUC’s efforts to provide beneficial information to the public about important developments in the electric, natural gas, transportation

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency is providing helpful health care information and website links to the more than three million individuals who apply each year for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits. The website

The February 2010 edition of Senior Health News , a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available on PALawHELP.org .

Article from the Philadelphia Business Journal about funds raised and distributed by the Philadelphia Foundation's Basic Human Needs Fund through its Generous Philadelphia Campaign. Community Legal Services will receive $45,000 from the campaign for its mortgage foreclosure prevention programs, and

The 2008-2009 Annual Report of Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) is now available from the program and on its website . Also available on the LASP website is a list of last year's individual and law firm donors and the volunteers who worked with LASP and its clients.