National Organizations Offer Plan that Limits Tax Hikes, Maintains Benefits Many states' systems for financing unemployment insurance (UI) are broken and, without major reforms, will remain broken, requiring years of high federal taxes on employers and threatening UI's role as a key economic

A congressional proposal to cut $75 million from the Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) budget would decimate civil legal aid to low-income Americans at a time when it is most needed by the tens of millions suffering economic hardship. The proposed $75 million funding cut would represent a 17

The Management Information Exchange will be holding it's 2011 Biennial Conference for Legal Services Managers - Management Essentials in Challenging Times: Tools and Best Practices , on March 10-11, 2011 at the Holiday Inn Express Downtown, 920 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203. In two intensive days

The Legal Services Corporation is soliciting comments from the public and all interested stakeholders as it works to develop a strategic plan for 2011-2015. Specifically, LSC is seeking comments that address the extent to which the goals, objectives and strategies set forth in the Corporation’s

The Legal Services Corporation has issued its income eligibility guidelines for 2011 , which establish maximum income levels for individuals and families eligible to receive legal assistance from legal aid programs funded under the Legal Services Corporation Act. LSC’s guidelines are based on the

Metro Bank lead business contributor to ‘We Care About Children’ campaign The Dauphin County Bar Foundation, with support from Metro Bank and other businesses, foundations and individuals, has announced that its “We Care About Children” campaign, which is coming to a close, is funding a custody

The Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC) has scheduled a meeting with representatives of the Federal Trade Commission and the national office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to discuss abuses of immigrant communities by notaries public and other “immigration

With Old Man Winter putting an icy grip on much of the state, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is providing tips for those residents who have lost electrical power. As of 12:00 p.m. today - February 2, about 145,000 Pennsylvania electric customers are without electricity