Report Shows 17,294 Homes Without Heat-Related Utility Service, an additional 2,363 Use Potentially Unsafe Heat The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has released the results of its annual Cold Weather Survey, which showed that about 17,294 households will enter the winter season without

A webinar entitled Wage Claims was presented for Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network program staff on December 17, 2010. A recording of the webinar and reference and sample materials form the webinar are now available to PLAN program staff. This webinar was a basic primer, including practice points, on

Pennsylvania’s Error Rate Less than Half the National Average, Feds Say A new federal report finds Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program has an error rate that is less than half the national average and well below estimates claimed in state-level audits, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today. Each

This editorial, published in the New York Times on December 19, 2010, endorses the plan of New York State’s chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, who wants the state to spend an additional $25 million next year for lawyers to represent the poor in civil cases that deal with “the essentials of life,” like

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has released the autumn edition of the Keystone Connection report. The quarterly report represents the PUC’s efforts to provide beneficial information to the public about important developments in the electric, natural gas, transportation

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) reports that Senate Democrats have unveiled an omnibus appropriations bill that would fund a wide range of government functions for fiscal year 2011. The package contains an appropriation of $440 million dollars for the Legal Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of more than $670 million to states to help low income families with their heating bills this winter on December 10. These funds represent additional grants to states, tribes and territories under the

The Practising Law Institute is offering this free webcast of a live event from New York City, Ethical Issues in Pro Bono Representation 2010 , on December 21, 2010 from 9:00 am - 11:10 am Eastern. This program has been approved for 2 Pennsylvania Ethics CLE credits. Using a lively, interactive