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Another Victory for Young Patients Targeted by Trump Administration’s Attack on Gender-Affirming Care

In stinging rebuke to the Department of Justice, court deems the DOJ’s effort to access the medical records of children as “unprecedented,” with rhetoric reflecting “callous indifference, if not abject cruelty”

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The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. We use litigation, community education, advocacy, and organizing to secure access to fundamental resources and services.

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Tenants Sue Large Landlord in Class Action Lawsuit Over Unsafe Conditions, Illegal Rent Collection

In August, the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) declared Upsal Garden an “unsafe structure” that posed “immediate danger or hazard to health safety and welfare” due to dangerous conditions, including a deteriorated foundation, fractured exterior masonry walls, and deteriorated interior floor joists.

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Joint Statement from the Public Interest Law Center and Education Law Center-PA on Gov. Shapiro’s FY27 Budget Proposal

All Pennsylvania children are entitled to a contemporary, effective, comprehensive public education. In his FY27 budget address today, Governor Shapiro proposed $565 million to continue closing the school funding adequacy gap, issuing a clarion call to meet Pennsylvania’s constitutional obligation to adequately fund public education.

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