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'Nobody to pick from.' How opioids are devastating the workforce in Eastern Kentucky.


By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com June 27, 2018 11:34 AM Manchester The pickings have gotten slimmer when Mike Bowling needs to hire someone for his convenience stores in London and Manchester, where he also has a tobacco store. “...

Federal judge strikes down Kentucky's Medicaid work rules


By John Cheves And Jack Brammer jcheves@herald-leader.com jbrammer@herald-leader.com June 29, 2018 03:56 PM Updated June 29, 2018 06:30 PM A federal judge in Washington D.C. struck down Kentucky's plan to require some Medicaid recipien...

Big Sandy Council on Elder Maltreatment receives 2018 Public Awareness Initiative Award


On May 18, 2018, The Big Sandy Council on Elder Maltreatment was awarded the 2018 Public Awareness Initiative Award awarded by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Adult Protection Branch, Frankfort, KY. Big Sandy was one of three local E...

Has Eric Conn changed our expectations of Kentucky Bar Association?


By Ned Pillersdorf June 13, 2018 04:29 PM Thousands of lawyers have descended upon Lexington for the annual Kentucky Bar Association convention. A timely question to ask is whether a bar association is simply a bureaucratic organization or does...

Kentucky disbarred attorney Eric Conn's 'preposterous' request should be denied, judge says


By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com May 07, 2018 11:44 AM Updated May 07, 2018 04:31 PM A request to dismiss charges against disbarred attorney Eric C. Conn that could carry a cumulative 255-year sentence should be denied, a federal ma...

Legal aid study finds: No lawyer, no win


(AP) A study by a legal aid group found that Virginia residents forced to defend themselves in civil lawsuits are at a huge disadvantage. John Whitfield, executive director of Blue Ridge Legal Services, presented the findings April 4 to the Virgin...

In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America


By EMILY BADGER and QUOCTRUNG BUI APRIL 7, 2018 Nearly one million American households received eviction judgments in 2016 in new data spanning dozens of states. Candace Williams was evicted in Richmond, Va., which has one of the highest evict...

Congress gives $410 million to Legal Services Corp.


The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress on Thursday includes not only funding for the Legal Services Corporation but a raise as well. According to a press release from the American Bar Association, the legislation provides $410 million to LSC...

Legal Aid ready to assist victims affected by Conn disability scam


CHARLESTON – Legal Aid of West Virginia is working to help former clients of Eric C. Conn, the Kentucky attorney who is accused of helping obtain disability benefits for people who might not have actually qualified for them. As investigators conti...

Law students spend spring break helping former Eric C. Conn clients


FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Work continues to help former Eric C. Conn clients and this week the attorneys representing clients are getting extra help from college students. Nine law students from the University of Kentucky and Notre Dame are i...