Attorney General Tom Corbett today warned Pennsylvania consumers to watch carefully for scams when searching for jobs on the Internet, including questionable online ads for part-time "modeling jobs." "Con artists are using online message forums, email ads or bogus websites to circulate job offers

John G. Levi, Chairman of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors, has announced the members of a Special Task Force on Fiscal Oversight charged by the Board with reviewing LSC's fiscal oversight responsibilities and how LSC conducts fiscal oversight of its grantees. "This group will

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project has released the August 2010 edition of the Senior Health News , a free bi-monthly newsletter published by the Project.

Yesterday, September 16, 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau released its official 2009 statistics on poverty in this report, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 . The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) notes the report is cause for concern for Pennsylvanians

Appointments to chair the five standing committees of the Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors have been completed, Board Chairman John G. Levi announced. Chairman Levi announced September 15 that Board member Charles N.W. Keckler is the new chair of the Board’s Operations and Regulations

The Census Bureau released its official 2009 statistics on poverty on September 16, and the numbers are grim and daunting. Nearly 57 million Americans now qualify for civil legal assistance from the Legal Services Corporation, an increase of 3 million from 2008, and the highest number of people

PA Student Achievement Rises for 8th Consecutive Year Eighty-two percent of Pennsylvania schools met the required academic goals for the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law for 2010, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced on September 14, with record numbers of students performing at grade level

The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved a pilot project to evaluate the effect of cameras in federal district courtrooms and the public release of digital video recordings of some civil proceedings. The pilot, which will be national in scope, will last up to three years. It will