Bill Hurts Working Families & Ignores Public Support for Cobra Subsidy On Wednesday June 9, 2010, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) was joined by jobs experts from the National Employment Law Project and health coverage experts from Families USA to criticize the elimination of COBRA subsidies in the new

Attorney General Tom Corbett urged Pennsylvania consumers, including both travelers and property owners, to be the lookout for scams that are linked to summer vacation rentals. Corbett said a number of false ads and fraudulent emails linked to summer vacation rentals have already been reported to

Pro Bono Net and LawHelp Interactive will be holding a live document assembly training on the use of HotDocs on September 16-17, 2010 at the State Bar of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia. The State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Project, which is funded by the State Bar of Georgia and Georgia Legal Services

$58.6 million HUD-VASH program to provide rental housing and support services U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced that nearly 8,000 homeless veterans will get permanent housing assistance through a HUD rental assistance program that connects homeless

Following the announcement of May's jobs and unemployment data, the National Employment Law Project released a new analysis of the workers most severely impacted by the recession: the 6.8 million long-term unemployed. The NELP study analyzes in careful detail the 46% of out-of-work Americans whose

Reprinted from DPW Budget Updates (6/4/10): On the Friday before Memorial Day, the U.S. House of Representatives took action on the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act. The bill was to have been the House vehicle to extend the enhanced federal matching dollars for the Medical Assistance

Have you ever wanted to share your client stories and successful legal strategies with advocates all over the country through Clearinghouse Review but weren't sure how to go about doing so? Tuesday, June 22, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern is your chance! The Clearinghouse Review editorial team will be hosting

After seven years of active advocacy by the Philadelphia Bar Association and others to open the courthouse doors to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) has published rules implementing Act 172 of 2006, the “Pennsylvania Interpreter