More than 100 healthcare providers, insurance companies, consumer advocates and others will meet this week to discuss the future direction of a statewide health information exchange in Pennsylvania. The meeting will be held July 26 and 27 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. The first day will

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will extend help to more innocent spouses by eliminating the two-year time limit that now applies to certain relief requests. Available only to someone who files a joint return, innocent spouse relief is designed to help a taxpayer who did not know

Effective August 15, 2011, Social Security field offices nationwide will close to the public 30 minutes early each day. For example, a field office that is usually open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. will close daily at 3:30 p.m.

This feature from WGNtv.com in Chicago tells the story of a single mom with a child in college and a five-year old who was helped by Legal Aid in Chicago when faced with the termination of electric service, an electric bill of over $5,000 and threatened eviction and loss of her Section 8 voucher.

The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) has created and launched a new online resource, the Bankruptcy Mortgage Project Website , for courts, trustees, attorneys, mortgage servicers, academics, and consumers in the bankruptcy community. The site organizes and provides access to more than 500 local

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has released its 2010 Annual Report , highlighting efforts by the nation’s single largest funder of civil legal assistance to promote equal access to justice. In 2010, LSC-funded programs closed 932,406 civil legal aid cases, including more than 321,000 cases

The Pennsylvania Bar Association has named Janis M. Leftridge of Harrisburg as the association's first diversity officer. Leftridge, who has an extensive background in human resources and diversity development, will be responsible for overseeing and facilitating the PBA's efforts to improve

This article in the American Bar Association Journal voices the concerns of ABA President Stephen N. Zack about proposed funding cuts for the Legal Services Corporation. Zack issued a statement on July 7 that criticized a subcommittee vote to slash funding stating, “Here is an important question to