Poverty Dispatch - July 26, 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:

• 2007 Kids Count Report and States' Child Poverty Rates
• Federal Minimum Wage Increase
• Opinions: Minimum Wage
• Medicaid ID Requirement and Effects
• Opinions: State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Homelessness - New York City
• Column: Racial Disparities in Prisons
• College Financial Aid for Low-income Students
• Editorial: Income Inequality

Today's Articles:

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2007 Kids Count Report and States' Child Poverty Rates

State's economy drives more kids into poverty. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Sarah Kellogg, Booth Newspapers. July 25, 2007.
 

Rate of Michigan kids in poverty rising fast. Read Article
By Nicole Geary and Susan Vela, Landsing State Journal. July 25, 2007.
 

State up in Kids Count rankings. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Andy Hall, Wisconsin State Journal. July 26, 2007.
 

Study ranks state 12th in children's well-being . Read Article
By Sarah Carr and Felicia Thomas-Lynn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 24, 2007.
 

Rate of child poverty rising faster in Indiana. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Tim Evans, Indy Star. July 25, 2007.
 

More kids live in poverty. Read Article
By Jon Seidel, Post-Tribune. July 25, 2007.
 

Report finds increases in child poverty. (NEBRASKA) Read Article
By Martha Stoddard, Omaha World-Herald. July 25, 2007.
 

State 40th in Kids Count rating. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal. July 25, 2007.
 

Kids Count data points finger at Louisiana's issues. Read Article
By Mary Jimenez, The Shreveport Times. July 25, 2007.
 

N.H. falls from top spot in child rankings. Read Article
Associated Press, The Boston Globe. July 26, 2007.
 

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Federal Minimum Wage Increase

Minimum wage hike kicks in Tuesday. Read Article
By Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY. July 23, 2007.
 

Minimum wage called elusive for some. Read Article
By Joel Havemann, The Los Angeles Times. July 24, 2007.
 

Minimum wage increase is no windfall. Read Article
By Phillip Ramati, The Macon Telegraph. July 24, 2007.
 

Federal minimum wage goes up; push is on for raise in Minnesota. Read Article
by Tom Scheck, Minnesota Public Radio. July 24, 2007.
 

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Opinions: Minimum Wage

U.S. should adjust minimum wage more often. Read Article
Editorial, McCook Daily Gazette. July 25, 2007.
 

Politics is never at a minimum when it comes to workers' wages. Read Article
By Carlos Guerra, San Antonio Express-Times. July 26, 2007.
 

Minimum wage bump is only fair. Read Article
Editorial, Hattiesburg American. July 26, 2007.
 

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Medicaid ID Requirement and Effects

Study: New rules led to Medicaid decline. Read Article
By Kevin Freking, (Associated Press). The San Francisco Chronicle. July 24, 2007.
 

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Opinions: State Children's Health Insurance Program

Children's health insurance faces showdown. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Evansville Courier Press. July 25, 2007.
 

Support for S-CHIP. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
Editorial, The Courier-Journal. July 25, 2007.
 

Expand federal health coverage plan to help more kids. Read Article
Editorial, The Charlotte Observer. July 25, 2007.
 

Senators must stick up for children who need health care. Read Article
By Dr. David Kerns, The San Jose Mercury News. July 25, 2007.
 

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Homelessness - New York City

Homelessness: tackled, not beaten, by a Mayor with formidable goals . Read Article
By Leslie Kaufman, The New York Times. July 22, 2007.
 

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Column: Racial Disparities in Prisons

Stuffing prisons with black men is not the way to reduce crime. (Editorial) Read Article
By Harold Jackson, The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 24, 2007.
 

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College Financial Aid for Low-income Students

Rise in student debt is driving action on the Hill. Read Article
By Zoe Tillman, The Christian Science Monitor. July 26, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Income Inequality

Inequality belongs on 2008 agenda. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
Editorial, The Star Tribune. July 25, 2007.
 

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