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August 5, 2009
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has awarded a grant to a nonprofit legal services provider in Wyoming to ensure the delivery of civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families across the state, LSC announced today. LSC awarded a five-month grant to Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc. (LAW)
August 5, 2009
The Pennsylvania Health Law Project has published a combined edition of PHLP’s two newsletters - the Health Law PA News and the Senior Health News. The combined issue is currently available on the PHLP website at www.phlp.org.
August 5, 2009
The National Immigration Law Center has published the August 5, 2009 edition of its Immigrants' Rights Update newsletter. It is available on their website at the link. Immigrants' Rights Update
August 4, 2009
13 Additional Counties Join Initiative to Improve Lives of Dependent Children. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will hold three training sessions in August featuring Kevin Campbell - a nationally known youth permanency expert and creator of Family Finding, a strategy aimed at finding lost or
August 3, 2009
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, hosted the agency's fourth public hearing on Compassionate Allowances on July 29, 2009. Commissioner Astrue was joined by Marie A. Bernard, M.D., Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, and other Social
July 24, 2009
Minimum wage increases by 10 cents to $7.25 an hour on Friday, July 24, 2009. The increase was mandated by the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which President George Bush signed in May 2007. This law raises the minimum wage to $7.25 from $7.15 an hour putting Pennsylvania at the same level as the federal
July 23, 2009
Protesters say Pennsylvania's state budget axe could put hundreds of veterans and veterans' home workers on the street unless some proposed cuts are restored. State Senate leaders are proposing $7.6 million in cuts to veterans' homes across Pennsylvania, which would result in another nearly $6
July 22, 2009
Hundreds of extremely low-income families living with HIV/AIDS will receive support in maintaining a permanent affordable home as a result of $21.4 million in grants announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In each of the next three years, these grants are expected to help

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