The complaint says one plaintiff lost his job last month due to increased illness as a result of losing his insurance. He lost his insurance because he didn't report his work hours under the state's new rule.
The Center for Arkansas Legal Services and Legal Aid of Arkansas will have a public meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at the downtown library at 100 S. Rock on cuts in the state-run Medicaid program for home-care for people with disabilities.
The sad plight of tenants of the Alexander Apartments on Col. Glenn Road has drawn help from Legal Aid and others and their intervention won a temporary order from a judge to delay their forced removal from apartments until a hearing next Tuesday.
Hard times mean more people are unable to afford legal services. But hard times also mean a reduction in support for Legal Aid of Arkansas, a Jonesboro-based agency that provides legal assistance in civil cases for those unable to pay in 31 counties.