Poverty Dispatch - June 4, 2007

IRP compiles and distributes Poverty Dispatches, links to Web-based news items dealing with poverty, welfare reform, and related topics twice a week. Each Dispatch lists links to current news in popular print media. Persons wishing to receive Poverty Dispatches by e-mail should send a request to rsnell@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Welfare-to-Work - New Hampshire
• Editorial: Welfare Reform
• Poverty Report - Green Bay, WI
• Gas Prices and Low-income Families - Ohio
• Food Assistance and Working Families - Michigan
• Editorials: Earned Income Tax Credit - Oregon, Connecticut
• Minimum Wage for Domestic Workers - New York
• Federal Minimum Wage
• High School Dropout Rate - Mississippi
• Payday Lending Legislation - Nevada
• Paid Family Leave - New York
• Poverty as an Issue in Political Campaigns
• Funding for Survey of Income and Program Participation
• Opinion: Achievement Gap - Colorado

Today's Articles:

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Welfare-to-Work - New Hampshire

State welfare plan tries to ease transition in N.H. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Robert M. Cook, Foster's Daily Democrat. June 3, 2007.
 

N.H. may be first to meet welfare-to-work goal. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Robert M. Cook, Foster's Daily Democrat. June 3, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Welfare Reform

Welfare reform. The rest of the story. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer. June 2, 2007.
 

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Poverty Report - Green Bay, WI

Working poor struggle to get by day after day. (GREEN BAY, WI) Read Article
By Patti Zarling, Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 1, 2007.
 

Children of low-income families filling more seats in area schools. (GREEN BAY, WI) Read Article
By Patti Zarling, Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 1, 2007.
 

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Gas Prices and Low-income Families - Ohio

Cost of gas hobbling area's poor. (OHIO) Read Article
By Rita Price, Columbus Dispatch. June 4, 2007.
 

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Food Assistance and Working Families - Michigan

Hard times, hungry families: Feeble economy driving more people to food banks. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Andrea Byl, Lansing State Journal. June 4, 2007.
 

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Editorials: Earned Income Tax Credit - Oregon, Connecticut

Relief for working poor. (OREGON) Read Article
Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard. June 4, 2007.
 

An earned-income tax credit. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
Editorial, Hartford Courant. June 4, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage for Domestic Workers - New York

Legislation pushed to require minimum wage for domestic workers. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times. June 1, 2007.
 

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Federal Minimum Wage

Minimum-wage hike is good first step. (Opinion) Read Article
By Premilla Nadasen, Orlando Sentinel. June 4, 2007.
 

Minimum wage politics. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Albany Times Union. June 3, 2007.
 

Wage hike could cut entry-level jobs. Read Article
By Rita Chappelle, Baltimore Examiner. June 4, 2007.
 

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High School Dropout Rate - Mississippi

The dropout drain: State, region sharpen focus on dropouts. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Ginny Miller, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. June 4, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending Legislation - Nevada

Governor signs payday loan law. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Geoff Dornan, Nevada Appeal. June 2, 2007.
 

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Paid Family Leave - New York

Spitzer pushes paid leave plan for workers. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times. June 2, 2007.
 

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Poverty as an Issue in Political Campaigns

Will poverty make political comeback? Read Article
By Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune. June 3, 2007.
 

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Funding for Survey of Income and Program Participation

Funding cut for data on economic well-being. Read Article
By Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post. June 4, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Achievement Gap - Colorado

Think about it: Poverty and performance. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Gerald P. Benson, Fort Collins Coloradoan. June 1, 2007.
 

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