Poverty Dispatch - September 10, 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:

• Poverty Rates - Midwest States
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Editorials: State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Medicaid and Children's Coverage - Texas
• Food Assistance Dispersal - Michigan
• Opinions: Hunger and Food Assistance
• Paid Family Leave - Washington
• The Working Poor and Savings
• Homeless School Children - Texas
• Privatization of Social Services - Indiana
• Welfare Reform - New York, Rhode Island
• Subprime Lending and Home Foreclosures - Illinois, Ohio
• Income and Wages - Maryland
• Income Inequality
• Opinion: Teacher Merit Pay
• Opinions: No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Today's Articles:

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Poverty Rates - Midwest States

Census: Janesville's poverty rate has doubled in seven years. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Stacy Vogel, Janesville Gazette. September 9, 2007.
 

Poverty plagues rural Ohio, too: Athens leads region with 27 percent below poverty line. (OHIO) Read Article
By Connie Cartmell, Marietta Times. September 7, 2007.
 

Poverty numbers mislead. (OHIO) Read Article
Editorial, Toledo Blade. September 10, 2007.
 

Census study: Poverty high in Bloomington. (INDIANA) Read Article
By James Boyd and Emily Thickstun, Times-Mail. September 9, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

U.S. rejects New York’s bid to insure more children. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. September 8, 2007.
 

Healthcare ruling may hinder states' plans. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. September 8, 2007.
 

Spitzer: Move hurts uninsured kids. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Martin C. Evans, Newsday. September 7, 2007.
 

Children's health insurance program at center of national debate. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Jerry Zremski, Buffalo News. September 10, 2007.
 

Life-saving insurance program faces deadline. (OHIO) Read Article
By William Hershey and Anthony Gottschlich, Dayton Daily News. September 9, 2007.
 

Keeping children insured. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Elizabeth Huff, Battle Creek Enquirer. September 10, 2007.
 

Michigan offers aid to poor adults. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Elizabeth Huff, Battle Creek Enquirer. September 10, 2007.
 

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Editorials: State Children's Health Insurance Program

Denying children’s health care. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. September 8, 2007.
 

CHIP: Care for children. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Charleston Gazette. September 8, 2007.
 

Too many without a safety net. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Daytona Beach News-Journal. September 9, 2007.
 

Kids' care may suffer because of Democrats' political confrontation. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Wilmington News Journal. September 9, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Children's Coverage - Texas

State accused of moving slowly on kids' Medicaid. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. September 8, 2007.
 

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Food Assistance Dispersal - Michigan

Food aid changes could help needy. (Editorial) Read Article
By Nathan Hurst, Detroit News. September 10, 2007.
 

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Opinions: Hunger and Food Assistance

Investment in food stamps vital to hungry families. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Marsha Dehollander, Grand Rapids Press. September 8, 2007.
 

Congress: A chance to combat hunger. (Opinion) Read Article
By Anita Dancs, Herald News. September 9, 2007.
 

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Paid Family Leave - Washington

Task force fleshing out new family-leave law. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Rachel La Corte (Associated Press), Seattle Times. September 10, 2007.
 

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The Working Poor and Savings

Let the poor save for their future. (Opinion) Read Article
By Rourke O'Brien, Christian Science Monitor. September 7, 2007.
 

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Homeless School Children - Texas

Homeless face challenges at school. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Nancy Martinez, San Antonio Express-News. September 9, 2007.
 

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Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

Labor moves to bar welfare privatization. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Dilanian, USA Today. September 9, 2007.
 

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Welfare Reform - New York, Rhode Island

Latest reform proposal could put dent in welfare. (NEW YORK) Read Article
Editorial, Troy Record. September 10, 2007.
 

R.I. is ripe for welfare abuse, critics say. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Elizabeth Gudrais, Providence Journal. September 9, 2007.
 

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Subprime Lending and Home Foreclosures - Illinois, Ohio

Mortgages and minorities. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Robyn Monaghan, Herald News. September 9, 2007.
 

Lender's lesson: protect borrowers. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Robyn Monaghan, Herald News. September 9, 2007.
 

Foreclosures urge new rules. (OHIO) Read Article
Associated Press, Cincinnati Enquirer. September 10, 2007.
 

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Income and Wages - Maryland

Report: State's wages stagnate. (MARYLAND) Read Article
By Kate Prahlad, Annapolis Capital. September 9, 2007.
 

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Income Inequality

Wall Street isn't the economy. (Opinion) Read Article
By Ezra Klein, Los Angeles Times. September 9, 2007.
 

Rich and poor. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Rutland Herald. September 7, 2007.
 

New Jersey’s shame. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. September 9, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Teacher Merit Pay

Raise the pay grade. Opinion) Read Article
By Alfred S. Posamentier, New York Times. September 9, 2007.
 

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Opinions: No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Leaving No Child Behind. (Opinions) Read Article
Washington Post. September 10, 2007.
 

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