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Appalachian Research Day Brings Findings Back to the Community

May 31, 2016

Published: May 20, 2016   HAZARD, Ky. (May 20, 2016) — For many University of Kentucky researchers who study health in Appalachia, the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) is an indispensible partner in conducting communit...

More Low-Income Kids Now Have Health Coverage

May 13, 2016

More Low-Income Kids Now Have Health Coverage NPR The expansion of Medicaid and continued enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Program have boosted the proportion of eligible kids with health coverage to 91 percent, a study finds. Read ...

Lawyers help Mr. Social Security's ex-clients

May 10, 2016

136 lawyers from 25 states volunteer to represent ex-disability clients of Eric Conn, who is under indictment for fraud   Check out this story on courier-journal.com.  Read more 

Ky. children have highest percent of jailed parents in the U.S.

April 27, 2016

Percentage of kids with a jailed parent is double national average Report: 135,000 of state’s children have had a parent incarcerated Kids Count report released Monday by Annie E. Casey Foundation Read more here

Richmond Office Staff Attend Self-Defense Seminar

April 22, 2016

AppalReD's Richmond Office Staff attended a self-defense seminar at Elite Martial Arts & Fitness.   Elite offers free self-defense clinics to the community.

Michael A. Taylor to receive the Donated Legal Services Award

April 15, 2016

Michael A. Taylor of Middlesboro, KY will be receiving the 2016 Kentucky Bar Association Outstanding Award for Donated Legal Services at this year's convention.   Michael A. Taylor serves as a board member with AppalReD Legal Aid.  He was n...

Unpaid lawyers helping Conn’s disabled victims recover benefits

April 13, 2016

Lexington Herald Leader By John Rosenberg Well, it’s about time the feds caught up with lawyer Eric Conn, you say. I agree. But a much larger saga has been playing out in recent months to the detriment of hundreds of disabled Eastern Kentuck...

KBA's Bench & Bar March/April 2016 Features "That Magdeburg Boy - a tribute to John Rosenberg"

April 07, 2016

A tribute to John Rosenberg by Kentucky's 2015-2016 Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon.  "That Magdeburg Boy"