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March 13, 2020
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille has signed an emergency order prohibiting electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, telecommunication and steam utility terminations. The moratorium will remain in place for as long as the Proclamation of Disaster, issued
March 13, 2020
The 2020 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) Excellence Awards, scheduled to take place on March 31, 2020 will be postponed as a result of the growing concern over the spread of the coronavirus. In an email distributed late yesterday, PLAN Executive Director Patrick Cicero stated: "It is with
March 12, 2020
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine provided an update on the state’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts and guidance on how to reduce the spread of the virus.
March 12, 2020
Governor Tom Wolf has announced that the state’s Medicaid program, Medical Assistance (MA) and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), will cover COVID-19 testing and treatment for recipients and is lifting some prior authorization requirements to ease access to necessary testing and treatment
March 9, 2020
The Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) Disaster Task Force held an event marking the release of its Disaster Task Force Report on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at the Louisiana Supreme Court. The Task Force Report offered recommendations on how legal services providers can collaborate with outside
March 6, 2020
Community HealthChoices (CHC) is Pennsylvania's new waiver program for people with physical disabilities or a brain injury, and older Pennsylvanians. Join Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) and Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) on March 26, 2020 at 1:00 PM Eastern for a webinar
March 3, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission and federal, state, and local agencies, consumer groups, and national advocacy organizations, will participate in the 22st annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) on March 1-7, 2020.
March 2, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service's Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) Program Office has issued its annual program report (PDF) . The report describes how LITCs provide representation, education, and advocacy for taxpayers who are low income or speak English as a second language (ESL). The LITC Program

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