The Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Board has published its 2009 Annual Report. The 2009 Annual Report includes a lot of figures and statistics, but it also includes anecdotes and stories about the work that is financed by the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts program.

The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) will be holding its 13th Annual Day on the Hill on May 3, 2010 in Harrisburg. The right to legal representation and access to the courts for all Pennsylvanians are being threatened by proposed sales taxes on legal services and by inadequate funding that

Older Americans with chronic diseases can learn how to manage their conditions and take control of their health using the $27 million in grants announced on March 30 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Communities Putting Prevention to Work Chronic

The National Employment Law Project has released the following statement in response to the successful action of one senator to block, for a second time, the extension of existing federal jobless programs set to expire on April 5th. The obstruction, this time by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), could

Governor Edward G. Rendell has announced a two-week extension of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, better known as LIHEAP. The application period, originally set to end April 2, will now close April 16. LIHEAP provides cash grants to help low-income households pay for home heating fuel

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has announced an $8.3 million grant competition to provide job training, counseling and placement services (including job readiness, and literacy and skills training) to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency’s first Extended Service Team (EST) is open for business in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Little Rock EST will make disability decisions for state Disability Determinations Services (DDSs) that are most adversely affected

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, joined award-winning actress Patty Duke and the cast of her hit 1960s sitcom, The Patty Duke Show, to unveil Social Security’s newest online service – an application for Medicare benefits. This new online application, which takes less than 10