Poverty Dispatch - August 2, 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:

• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Opinions: State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Poverty and Unemployment - Milwaukee, WI
• Welfare-to-Work Programs - New York, California
• Job Training Program - Michigan
• Food Stamp Programs - Kansas, Maine
• Out-of-State Prisoner Transfers
• Home Foreclosures - Minnesota
• Early Childhood Education - Oregon
• States and High School Graduation Rates
• No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Today's Articles:

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

New fight over more children's health aid. Read Article
By John Donnelly, Boston Globe. July 31, 2007.
 

Children’s health plan focus of new struggle. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. August 1, 2007.
 

Child health program in flux. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jonathan Riskind and Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. August 1, 2007.
 

Children's health care program stirs funding battle. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Ron Harris, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 2, 2007.
 

N.J. fends off attack on kids' health-care program. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Herb Jackson, The Record. August 2, 2007.
 

House passes children’s health plan 225-204. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. August 2, 2007.
 

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Opinions: State Children's Health Insurance Program

Philosophy that's morally wrong. (Opinion) Read Article
By Paul Krugman, Times Herald-Record. July 31, 2007.
 

Dem health plan a burden on poor. (Opinion) Read Article
By Robert Robb, Arizona Republic. August 1, 2007.
 

Stealing healthcare from babies. (Column) Read Article
By Ronald Brownstein, Los Angeles Times. August 1, 2007.
 

Seniors vote and kids don't. (Opinion) Read Article
By Morton Kondracke, Ocala Star-Banner. August 1, 2007.
 

Health care for middle-class needy. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Orange County Register. August 2, 2007.
 

Call the president's heartless bluff. (Column) Read Article
By Lynne Varner, Seattle Times. August 1, 2007.
 

Rich American, poor American. (Opinion) Read Article
By Ed Feulner, Indianapolis Star. August 1, 2007.
 

The way to pay. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Baltimore Sun. August 2, 2007.
 

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Poverty and Unemployment - Milwaukee, WI

4 decades later, poverty persists. (MILWAUKEE, WI) Read Article
By Erica Perez and Dani McClain, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 31, 2007.
 

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Welfare-to-Work Programs - New York, California

Spitzer vetoes bill on training aid recipients. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Nicholas Confessore and Danny Hakim, New York Times. August 2, 2007.
 

Yet again, deep divide on welfare. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee. August 1, 2007.
 

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Job Training Program - Michigan

Jobless get training boost. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Sofia Kosmetatos, Detroit News. August 2, 2007.
 

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Food Stamp Programs - Kansas, Maine

State aims to get food stamps to more Kansans. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal-World. August 2, 2007.
 

No error: $1M to go to food stamps. (MAINE) Read Article
By Susan M. Cover, Kennebec Journal. August 2, 2007.
 

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Out-of-State Prisoner Transfers

States export their inmates as prisons fill. Read Article
By Solomon Moore, New York Times. July 31, 2007.
 

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Home Foreclosures - Minnesota

Foreclosures taking a bigger toll across Minnesota. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Steve Alexander and Jim Buchta, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. August 1, 2007.
 

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Early Childhood Education - Oregon

A leap for early learning. (OREGON) Read Article
By Anne Williams, Eugene Register-Guard. August 1, 2007.
 

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States and High School Graduation Rates

Illinois' grad rate goals too low, report says. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune. August 2, 2007.
 

Study: Michigan's high school graduate rate lower than state figures. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Jennifer Mrozowski, Detroit News. August 2, 2007.
 

Pa. grad rate among the best. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Bill Zlatos, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. August 2, 2007.
 

A study finds some states lagging on graduation rates. Read Article
By Jennifer Medina, New York Times. August 2, 2007.
 

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No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Crucial lawmaker outlines changes to education law. Read Article
By Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times. July 31, 2007.
 

'No Child' needs to expand beyond tests, chair says. Read Article
By Amit R. Paley, Washington Post. July 31, 2007.
 

Look beyond No Child law; offer world-class education. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Des Moines Register. August 2, 2007.
 

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