Poverty Dispatch - June 14, 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:

• Family Incomes and Economic Security - Ohio
• Children's Health Insurance Program - Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania
• Report: State Health Care Quality - Wisconsin
• Editorials: Medicaid Costs - Michigan, New Jersey
• Editorial: Affordable Housing - Baltimore, MD
• Editorial: Food Stamp Program
• Unemployment Rate - Minnesota
• Gender Pay Gap - Louisiana
• Home Healthcare Workers, Wages and Overtime
• Poor Neighborhoods and Lottery Ticket Sales - Texas
• High School Graduation Rates - Midwest States

Today's Articles:

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Family Incomes and Economic Security - Ohio

Ohioans suffer worse economically than most Americans. (OHIO) Read Article
By James Cummings, Dayton Daily News. June 12, 2007.
 

Cleveland group pegs Stark poverty at 18 percent. (OHIO) Read Article
By Paul E. Kostyu, Canton Repository. June 12, 2007.
 

Better off today? Income figures say Ohioans aren't. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. June 12, 2007.
 

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Children's Health Insurance Program - Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania

Not enough kids. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. June 12, 2007.
 

Children's health care program appears left behind. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Dara Kam, Palm Beach Post. June 11, 2007.
 

Many state children live without health insurance. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Borys Krawczeniuk, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice. June 12, 2007.
 

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Report: State Health Care Quality - Wisconsin

State is No. 1 in health care. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 12, 2007.
 

Wisconsin health care best in U.S. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Anita Weier, The Capital Times. June 12, 2007.
 

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Editorials: Medicaid Costs - Michigan, New Jersey

Michigan must control runaway Medicaid costs. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Detroit News. June 12, 2007.
 

Medicaid co-pays: A tear in the safety net. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
Editorial, Trenton Times. June 12, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Affordable Housing - Baltimore, MD

A place to live. (BALTIMORE, MD) Read Article
Editorial, Baltimore Sun. June 13, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Food Stamp Program

Update the recipe for food stamp program. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Detroit Free Press. June 13, 2007.
 

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Unemployment Rate - Minnesota

Minnesota unemployment rate tops national jobless rate. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Joshua Freed (Associated Press), Brainerd Dispatch. June 12, 2007.
 

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Gender Pay Gap - Louisiana

Bill giving equal pay to women fails. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Lafayette Daily Advertiser. June 13, 2007.
 

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Home Healthcare Workers, Wages and Overtime

Justices say home healthcare aides not entitled to minimum wage, overtime. Read Article
By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times. June 12, 2007.
 

High court rules against home aide on wages. Read Article
By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times. June 12, 2007.
 

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Poor Neighborhoods and Lottery Ticket Sales - Texas

So who's buying the $50 scratch-offs? (TEXAS) Read Article
By Lisa Sandberg and Julie Domel, San Antonio Express-News. June 11, 2007.
 

Pricey scratch-off tickets selling faster in poor areas. (TEXAS) Read Article
Associated Press, Austin American-Statesman. June 12, 2007.
 

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High School Graduation Rates - Midwest States

A big disparity in graduation rates. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By James Walsh, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. June 12, 2007.
 

Fewer diplomas for minorities. (NEBRASKA & IOWA) Read Article
By Henry J. Cordes, Omaha World-Herald. June 12, 2007.
 

Schools' graduation rates exaggerated, report says. (OHIO) Read Article
By Simone Sebastian, Columbus Dispatch. June 13, 2007.
 

Hoosier graduation rate tops nation’s. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Deanna Martin (Associated Press), Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. June 13, 2007.
 

Report: Less than one-quarter of Detroit's students graduate from high school. (DETROIT, MI) Read Article
By Marisa Schultz, Detroit News. June 12, 2007.
 

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