Article from Alternet/Philadelphia Inquirer where Cathy Carr and Kerry Smith of Community Legal Services comment on the creation of a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency and influx of agencies offering Refund Anticipation Loans to low-income consumers receiving the Earned Income Credit.

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) reports that the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) voted unanimously to eliminate the regulatory restriction on LSC grantees claiming, collecting and retaining attorneys' fees during its meeting on Saturday, January 30

The President has recommended $435 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in his Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget plan, which was just released. This is the same level of funding recommended in FY 2010 and only $15 million more than the amount appropriated for FY 2010. These figures were

With the world's most famous weatherman calling for six more weeks of winter, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) reminds the 14,283 consumers without use of a central heating system or using a potentially unsafe heating source in their homes to call about programs to help restore natural gas or

Article from The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, about the closing of the Neyse Adams Pro Se Clinic at Susquahanna University despite the support offered by Pete Macky, of North Penn Legal Services, since late December.

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that 15 healthcare providers and networks have received $17.4 million in contract awards to provide electronic medical records to the agency. These electronic medical records, which will be sent through the Nationwide Health

The New Year marked the official launch of a new design, name and logo for Pro Bono Net’s online document assembly initiative. The service, formerly known as NPADO, has been rebranded as LawHelp Interactive. As part of the larger redesign of the document assembly system interface, a new LawHelp

From Public News Service Press Play (►) for Audio Report Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey have been vocal supporters of a public option in any health care reform plan, and now that idea is back on the table. Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Polis (D-Colorado) have suggested to