Poverty Dispatch - November 5, 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
• Medicaid Funding - Alabama
• Unemployment and Job Growth - Minnesota
• Foster Care Agencies and Minority Children - New York City
• Neighborhoods and Access to Grocery Stores - Los Angeles, CA
• Homelessness and Housing - Hawaii
• Social Services Computer System - Texas
• Teenage Pregnancy - Texas
• Minimum Wage Increase - Ohio
• Subprime Mortgages and Race
• Payday Lending and Rent to Own Interest Rates
• U.S. Incomes and Inequality
• High School Dropout Rates and Costs - Louisiana, Oklahoma
• No Child Left Behind and State Standards

Today's Articles:

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Congress passes kids health bill again. Read Article
By David Espo (Associated Press), Washington Post. November 2, 2007.
 

Expecting Presidential Veto, Senate passes child health measure. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. November 2, 2007.
 

Missteps on both sides led to health bill veto. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. November 5, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Funding - Alabama

Medicaid's shortfall may top $600M. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Bob Lowry, Huntsville Times. November 1, 2007.
 

State must find Medicaid funding. (ALABAMA) Read Article
Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser. November 5, 2007.
 

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Unemployment and Job Growth - Minnesota

Salad days of Minnesota job growth have run course. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Mike Meyers, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. November 4, 2007.
 

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Foster Care Agencies and Minority Children - New York City

Foster children at risk, and an opportunity lost. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Leslie Kaufman, New York Times. November 5, 2007.
 

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Neighborhoods and Access to Grocery Stores - Los Angeles, CA

Filling in 'food deserts.' (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By Amanda Shaffer and Robert Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times. November 5, 2007.
 

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Homelessness and Housing - Hawaii

Hawaii makes progress to rescue homeless. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Will Hoover, Honolulu Advertiser. November 4, 2007.
 

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Social Services Computer System - Texas

Social services computer system not ready to go statewide, state auditor says. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. November 2, 2007.
 

Auditor says welfare computer system not ready for statewide use. (TEXAS) Read Article
Associated Press, Houston Chronicle. November 2, 2007.
 

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Teenage Pregnancy - Texas

Texas teens lead nation in birth rate. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. November 5, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage Increase - Ohio

Business owners have mixed feelings about minimum wage increase. (OHIO) Read Article
By Tamaria L. Kulemeka, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. November 5, 2007.
 

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Subprime Mortgages and Race

What’s behind the race gap? Read Article
By Vikas Bajaj and Ford Fessenden, New York Times. November 4, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending and Rent to Own Interest Rates

Limits urged for lenders' interest rates. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Dena Potter, Washington Times. November 5, 2007.
 

City task force calls for initiatives to break poverty cycle. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Gregory Smith, Providence Journal. November 2, 2007.
 

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U.S. Incomes and Inequality

U.S. falls to No. 15 on income scale. (Column) Read Article
By David R. Francis, Christian Science Monitor. November 5, 2007.
 

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High School Dropout Rates and Costs - Louisiana, Oklahoma

High dropout rate costs state billions. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Mike Hasten, Shreveport Times. November 5, 2007.
 

Dropout formulas causing confusion. (OKLAHOMA) Read Article
By Wendy K. Kleinman, The Oklahoman. November 5, 2007.
 

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No Child Left Behind and State Standards

By the Mississippi Delta, a whole school left behind. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post. October 28, 2007.
 

State, federal school report cards tell different stories. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Natalia Mielczarek, The Tennessean. November 4, 2007.
 

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