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February 11, 2010
I-CAN!® E-File is a FREE internet-based resource that can help low to moderate income taxpayers file their tax returns and claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Just answer simple questions on each screen and I-CAN!® E-File will complete your tax return.
February 11, 2010
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency is adding 38 more conditions to its list of Compassionate Allowances. This is the first expansion since the original list of 50 conditions - 25 rare diseases and 25 cancers - was announced in October 2008. The new
February 11, 2010
The January 2010 edition of the Health Law PA News, a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available on PALawHELP.org.
February 10, 2010
Governor Edward G. Rendell announced that state offices in the Capitol Complex will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, Feb. 11, while state offices throughout the state, including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Allentown, and Erie will operate on normal schedules. “Everywhere in
February 10, 2010
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency has a new Open Government webpage available to the public at www.socialsecurity.gov/open. The new webpage serves as the portal for all agency activities that support the President’s Transparency and Open Government
February 9, 2010
Governor Edward G. Rendell’s proposed 2010-11 budget maintains essential health care and other safety net services during the economic recovery by better managing programs, attacking waste and reducing unnecessary spending. “The ongoing national recession means more people are out of work and need
February 9, 2010
Community Legal Services reports that the federal stimulus law gives Pennsylvania the opportunity to draw down $360 million in federal aid to low-income families. So far, Pennsylvania has drawn down only $29 million of this money and has only limited plans for further expenditures -- although the
February 8, 2010
A rapidly growing state-wide coalition of nearly 40 organizations urged the Governor and General Assembly to reinstate cuts in the State Supplemental Payment (SSP) that will result in nearly 350,000 disabled, blind, and elderly poor Pennsylvanians facing reductions of 19% to 24% in their SSP

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