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October 23, 2017 - 3:57 pm
By Darlene Thomas
October 13, 2017 5:00 PM
Last month marked the 23rd anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. As often happens during annual milestones, reflection on this not-so-distant past was the topic of conversation among advocates in my...
October 23, 2017 - 2:25 pm
By Bill Estep
bestep@herald-leader.com
October 13, 2017 5:59 PM
Appeals Court Judge Janet Stumbo has submitted her resignation, ending a judicial career in which she was the first woman elected to the state Supreme Court without having first been...
September 25, 2017 - 12:38 pm
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears
vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com
September 24, 2017 11:30 AM
Kentucky parents, your kids have a serious school attendance problem.
Consider this your collective note from the principal’s office. And then consider these...
September 25, 2017 - 12:36 pm
By Bill Estep
bestep@herald-leader.com
September 22, 2017 4:05 PM
A Pikeville psychologist convicted of taking part in the largest Social Security disability fraud in U.S. history should serve 25 years in prison, a judge ruled Friday.
Alfred...
August 24, 2017 - 9:32 am
By Bill Estep
bestep@herald-leader.com
August 24, 2017 5:33 AM
The years of life Appalachian Kentucky residents lose to health maladies such as heart disease and cancer is 63 percent higher than the national average, according to a report released...
August 15, 2017 - 10:18 am
Bill Quigley, Contributor Law Professor, Loyola University New Orleans
Question One. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 14.8 percent or 46 million people are living in poverty in the US. How many of those people living in poverty are children?
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August 14, 2017 - 2:25 pm
By Greg Kocher
gkocher1@herald-leader.com
August 12, 2017 11:04 AM
Auto Plaza USA in Nicholasville will pay more than $600,000 in taxes, penalties and fees that were inaccurately billed to customers, according to an agreement announced Friday by the...
July 21, 2017 - 11:13 am
Anthony McGrath our Rural Summer Legal Corps has completed his 10 week project focusing on government-assisted housing. He has done great work this summer assisting our attorneys in these efforts. Thank you Anthony!
July 18, 2017 - 2:12 pm
By Richard Dawahare - Lexington-Herald Leader
Let there be light. And truth. And justice. Justice pursued with courage, molded by civility, tempered with compassion, applied with mercy and achieving hope, faith and fairness for all concerned.
A...
July 14, 2017 - 9:19 am
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Eric Conn was supposed to learn his sentence Friday. He's the Kentucky man who federal authorities say perpetrated the largest fraud in Social Security history. The...
June 23, 2017 - 9:23 am
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Eastern Kentucky attorneys are offering advice to people trying to escape domestic violence after one Laurel County woman was murdered by her husband Tuesday night at their home. "What we try to do is make a difference victim by...
June 19, 2017 - 10:38 am
By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and MICHAEL CORKERYJUNE 18, 2017
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Unable to recover the balance of loans by repossessing and reselling the cars of owners who default, some subprime lenders are...
May 23, 2017 - 9:39 am
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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 target...
May 18, 2017 - 12:14 pm
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 a long...
