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January 16, 2025
Governor Josh Shapiro visited the Vintage Senior Center in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood to announce the opening of this year’s application period for the Property Tax/Rent Rebate (PTRR) Program.
January 14, 2025
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation has awarded a one-time grant of more than $10 million to the Office of Attorney General, The Salvation Army and Justice at Work (JaW). This grant will be used over the next five years by the OAG to expand the scope of the Human Trafficking Section’s work to include a
January 13, 2025
North Penn Legal Services is hosting a free virtual CLE presentation for attorneys and other advocates entitled Human Trafficking Victim Advocacy on January 22, 2025 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Eastern. The program will be held on the Zoom platform.
January 13, 2025
The proposed rule seeks to stop companies from using a variety of contract clauses that limit fundamental freedoms, including waivers of substantive legal and constitutional rights and fine print that suppresses speech.
January 10, 2025
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the nation’s 2025 tax season will start on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will feature expanded and enhanced tools to help taxpayers as a result of the agency’s historic modernization efforts. The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns
January 10, 2025
The Legal Service Corporation (LSC) will be live streaming the keynote address and numerous panels throughout the 2025 Innovations in Technology Conference that is being held January 13-15, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. The streamed sessions will be available on the LSC YouTube channel at the links
January 10, 2025
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) has released the latest issue of the Positive Approaches Journal, which aims to provide the most recent research for people with mental and behavioral health challenges, intellectual disabilities, autism, and other developmental disabilities to
January 7, 2025
The Justice Department’s Office for Access to Justice today announced the launch of the Access to Justice Prize, a year-long prize competition that aims to foster innovative solutions to address critical gaps in access to justice across the United States. The inaugural competition will focus on

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