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September 30, 2026
Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) is hosting Opening Doors in Pittsburgh- A Celebration of our Clients, Partners, and Friends on October 7, 2026 beginning at 5:30 PM at The Tower at PNC Plaza - Third Floor, 300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Join RHLS as they bring together affordable
September 30, 2026
Neighborhood Legal Services is hosting its 60th Anniversary Evening on October 6, 2026 at the UPMC Club in Acrisure Stadium, 100 Art Rooney Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212. The event will begin with a VIP reception at 5:00 PM and a General Cocktail Reception at 5:30 PM. Dinner and the formal
September 29, 2026
MidPenn Legal Services will be hosting its Access to Justice 2026 celebration on October 8, 2026 from 5:30 PM-8:30 PM Eastern at the Wyndham Garden York. Join the festivities at the Wyndham Garden in York, Pennsylvania as the people and organizations working to make justice accessible and fair for
September 22, 2026
Attorney General Dave Sunday announced preliminary approval of a plan to distribute funds to consumers following multiple national settlements with drug manufacturers accused of conspiring to inflate prices of generic prescription drugs. Impacted consumers are encouraged to file claims or inquire
September 17, 2026
Work is underway to transition EBT cards for SNAP and other public assistance programs to more secure, chip-enabled cards thanks to a $7 million investment Governor Shapiro secured in the 2026-27 budget.
September 2, 2026
In July 2025, Congress passed H.R.1, a law that will fundamentally change how Pennsylvanians access healthcare and other public benefits. As these new policies take effect, Pennsylvania Health Law Project, Community Legal Services, the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN), and Just Harvest are
August 28, 2026
Attorney General Dave Sunday is warning Pennsylvanians who use MyChart — a popular online patient portal used by many hospitals and health care providers — to be aware of a phishing scam targeting patients. Scammers are impersonating MyChart by sending emails or text messages that offer patients a
August 27, 2026
Leaders of nonprofit law firms in Florida, Massachusetts and Michigan discussed the rise in consumer legal issues on a new episode of the “Talk Justice” podcast. The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has seen that the number of consumer legal cases are growing across the 129 legal services

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