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May 16, 2017 | Joshua Wilkey   Poor people are cash cows.  It makes no sense, really. One would think that poor people, by virtue of being poor, would not be profitable customers. However, for many large corporations that...

May 17, 2017, 11:26am Dr. Jessica Wilkerson It's fashionable to note that Appalachia voted overwhelmingly for Trump—and to predict political karma since he's proposed massive funding cuts that will affect the region. But people in Appalachia have ...

May 9, 201712:31 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Laura Sullivan Twitter Meg Anderson The $25 million Labre Place in Miami was built using the low-income housing tax credit program. It's named for the patron saint for t...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 1, 2017) – A new telephone hotline gives qualifying parents free legal assistance related to their custody and visitation concerns. The toll-free Custody and Visitation Hotline number is 1-844-673-3470. Phone lines are open Monda...

By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com Eight counties in Eastern Kentucky had the biggest decline in life expectancy in the country between 1980 and 2014, according to a study released Monday. Owsley County had the biggest drop in the nation...

President Trump’s budget would eliminate the Legal Services Corporation, which helps low-income individuals obtain representation in civil proceedings. An attorney at Staten Island Legal Services helps a client with foreclosure paperwork in 20...

Mount Tabor Benedictine Sr. Mary Going works on a case at the Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of Kentucky in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, where she is an attorney. (GSR photo / Dan Stockman) Q & A with Sr. Mary Going, fighting for disab...

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT)-- For months, former clients of Eric C. Conn have fought to keep their disability benefits. Hundreds have lost their cases and now attorneys say many are suffering. On Monday, AppalReD and the Big Sandy Area Commun...