North Carolina Legal Aid Gets Cut Again, It's Unclear Why

"Poor people who need help fighting a landlord or keeping government benefits can get an attorney for free through North Carolina legal aid programs, but new state budget cuts mean fewer may have that option.

Lawyers from the legal aid groups work for free on behalf of clients like Emma Moore of Henderson, who needs a power wheelchair to get around. She said a Legal Aid of North Carolina attorney prevented her from getting thrown out of her apartment. She's being represented again before another potential eviction over unintentional damage to her apartment."

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