The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued an advisory opinion affirming that consumer reporting companies, including tenant and employment screening companies, are violating the law if they engage in shoddy name-matching procedures. Regulators are concerned about the significant

The Internal Revenue Service recently sent approximately 430,000 refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020. The IRS efforts to correct unemployment compensation overpayments will help most of the affected

Governor Tom Wolf announced that today begins the 2022 Open Enrollment Period for health care coverage through Pennie, Pennsylvania’s state-based health insurance marketplace. “Pennie is the one-stop shop for Pennsylvanians’ health care needs,” Gov. Wolf said. “With Pennie, Pennsylvanians have

On Monday, November 1, the Internal Revenue Service will launch a new feature allowing any family receiving monthly Child Tax Credit payments to update their income using the Child Tax Credit Update Portal (CTC UP), found exclusively on IRS.gov. To help families plan ahead, the IRS also announced

U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced the restoration of a standalone Office for Access to Justice within the Justice Department dedicated to improving the federal government’s understanding of and capacity to address the most urgent legal needs of communities across America.

Join the Pennsy]vania Utility Law Project (PULP), with special guests from the Department of Human Services (DHS), on November 15, 2021 at 1:00 PM to learn the ins and outs of the new Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) - set to launch in Pennsylvania on January 1, 2022

Sam Milkes, the former Executive Director of Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc., was presented with the inaugaral Samuel W. Milkes Award from the PA Bar Association at a virtual Celebrate Pro Bono service hosted by the Cumberland County Bar Association, his own county bar association, on October

UPDATE: Due to the vast popularity of this event, CFPB needed to move the event to a larger webinar platform. If you previously registered, please use this updated link to RE-REGISTER and attend the November 4, 2021 – “PSLF demystified” webinar. Join the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)