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Kentucky Governor proposes cuts to civil legal aid

February 07, 2018

Supreme Court justice and advocates fear Kentuckians will suffer from civil legal aid cuts in Governor Matt Bevin Bevin's budget proposal. Author: Chris Williams Published: 7:36 PM EST February 6, 2018 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Legal advoca...

Attorney for former Conn clients explains impact of new hearings

February 05, 2018

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) - Congressman Hal Rogers' office confirmed Friday the Social Security Administration (SSA) will have 2,000 additional former Conn clients attend redetermination hearings. Ned Pillersdorf, who represents Conn’s former clients, sa...

Justice Dept. Office to Make Legal Aid More Accessible Is Quietly Closed

February 02, 2018

By KATIE BENNERFEB. 1, 2018 Photo The Office for Access to Justice's stated mission was to “deliver outcomes that are fair and accessible to all, irrespective of wealth and status.” Credit Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times WASHI...

Electric rates in Eastern Kentucky just changed. Here's what it means for your wallet.

January 19, 2018

Electric rates in Eastern Kentucky just changed. Here’s what it means for your wallet. By ​Will Wright wwright@herald-leader.com  January 18, 2018 08:20 PM The state Public Service Commission approved a rate increase request from Ken...

Wife forced to pay for abusive husband's divorce lawyer

January 11, 2018

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Choked and knocked unconscious, Jeanette McCue said a her husband's violent attack in 2016 left her bruised and battered with black eyes, a split lip and marks around her neck. McCue of Springfield, Ky., figures she woul...

She ‘fought like hell’ to change health care in Appalachia. At 90, she’s still fighting.

January 04, 2018

By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com January 03, 2018 02:35 PM UPDATED January 03, 2018 07:02 PM Grethel Eula Hall got home from her son’s baseball game one night in 1982 just in time to see a big piece of her life’s work go up in fl...

Why should a woman have to pay legal fees for man who beat her?

January 03, 2018

By Cassie Chambers January 02, 2018 04:28 PM   I liked Jane (not her real name) as soon as I met her. She was kind, warm and funny. She asked me so many questions about myself that, at times, I forgot that she was the focus of our meeti...

Forget abortion: What women in Appalachian Kentucky really want

December 14, 2017

Pikeville, Kentucky (CNN)Perhaps it was the abstinence pledge she felt forced to sign or the promise ring she was told to slip on her finger. But from the moment Cheryl became sexually active, she felt dirty. Then, three boys raped her, reducing h...