Poverty Dispatch - June 25, 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:

• Opinions: Welfare-to-Work Programs - Wisconsin, Indiana
• Welfare-to-Work Spending - Georgia
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Washington
• Infant Mortality Rate - Mississippi
• Foster Youth and Eligibility for Legal Residency
• Minimum Wage Increases - Illinois, Kentucky
• States and Payday Lending Legislation
• Editorial: Conditional Cash Transfer Program - New York City
• Opinion: High School Dropout Rate - Massachusetts
• Opinion: Neighborhoods and Access to Grocery Stores
• Low-income Workers and Taxes - Pennsylvania
• States and Early Childhood Education Programs
• Opinion: Economic Inequality

Today's Articles:

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Opinions: Welfare-to-Work Programs - Wisconsin, Indiana

Sure, it's a job, but onus shifts to taxpayers. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Patrick McIlheran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 21, 2007.
 

How to fix a troubling W-2 flaw. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Gregory Stanford, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 22, 2007.
 

Breaking poverty cycle. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. June 25, 2007.
 

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Welfare-to-Work Spending - Georgia

Welfare shifts from jobs to kids. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Brandon Larrabee, Florida Times-Union. June 23, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Washington

Congress eyes ways to insure more kids. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Les Blumenthal, Tri-City Herald. June 25, 2007.
 

State leads the way in improving care for kids. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Adam Wilson, The Olympian. June 24, 2007.
 

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Infant Mortality Rate - Mississippi

Mississippi grapples with rising infant death rate. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Kathy Lohr, Morning Addition, National Public Radio. June 21, 2007.
 

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Foster Youth and Eligibility for Legal Residency

Green cards go unclaimed by many youths in foster care. Read Article
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times. June 25, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage Increases - Illinois, Kentucky

Wage hike to take effect. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Aaron Chambers, Springfield Journal-Register. June 25, 2007.
 

Minimum wage workers can expect raise soon. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Mike Riopell, Southern Illinoisan. June 25, 2007.
 

New minimum wage may have little impact. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Samira Jafari (Associated Press), Louisville Courier-Journal. June 24, 2007.
 

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States and Payday Lending Legislation

Payday lenders catch lawmakers' attention. Read Article
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org. June 22, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Conditional Cash Transfer Program - New York City

Buying results? (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 23, 2007.
 

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Opinion: High School Dropout Rate - Massachusetts

Getting the drop on the dropout rate. (Opinion) Read Article
By Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe. June 23, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Neighborhoods and Access to Grocery Stores

Getting good food an everyday issue. (Opinion) Read Article
By Mary Lee, Los Angeles Daily News. June 24, 2007.
 

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Low-income Workers and Taxes - Pennsylvania

Rendell signs bill: No more $52 tax for low-income workers. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Brock Parker, York Dispatch. June 22, 2007.
 

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States and Early Childhood Education Programs

Early ed gains momentum in states. Read Article
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org. June 25, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Economic Inequality

Money gap. (Opinion) Read Article
By Dmitri Iglitzin and Steven Hill, Arizona Daily Star. June 24, 2007.
 

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