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January 27, 2023
The Internal Revenue Service and partners nationwide today kicked off their Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day outreach campaign to help millions of Americans who earned $59,187 or less last year take advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) . "This is an extremely important tax credit
January 27, 2023
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Val Arkoosh today advised Pennsylvanians of upcoming changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Due to passage of the recent federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, starting in March, SNAP recipient
January 25, 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions to increase fairness in the rental market and further principles of fair housing. Administration also launches Resident-Centered Housing Challenge, a call-to-action to improve the quality of life for renters
January 20, 2023
Surrounded by family, friends and colleagues, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd today made history as she was formally sworn-in as Pennsylvania’s 58th Chief Justice, becoming the first woman installed as chief in the Court’s 300-year history. “Today my heart is full of joy and gratitude
January 19, 2023
Former AT&T customers with unlimited data plans may be eligible to claim a refund due to AT&T's failiure to disclose that it would reducing their data speeds, a practice known as throttling, when a certain amount of data usage was reached.
January 18, 2023
Today, on his first full day in office, Governor Josh Shapiro announced that effective immediately, 92 percent of state government jobs – about 65,000 positions – do not require a four-year college degree. As part of that announcement, Governor Shapiro signed Executive Order 2023-03 , the first of
January 17, 2023
The Internal Revenue Service's Free File Guided Tax Preparation service is live and ready for taxpayers to use. Free File went live January 13, 2023, 10 days prior to the 2023 filing season start date. The IRS starts accepting individual tax returns on January 23. IRS Free File marks its 21st filing
January 13, 2023
Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier today announced grant awards totaling nearly $740,000 to local organizations committed to connecting Pennsylvania veterans with family-sustaining jobs. The Wolf Administration has designed Veterans Employment Program (VEP) Grants to

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