Poverty Dispatch - January 10, 2008

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Today's Topics in the News:

• Census Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
• Census SAIPE: Child Poverty by School Districts
• Dental Coverage of Children on Medicaid - Maryland
• Healthy San Francisco Plan
• States and Health Care Plans - Iowa, Oregon, Texas
• Homelessness and Housing First - Seattle, WA
• Subprime Lending and Race - Baltimore, MD
• Indiana Voter Identification Law
• Poverty and Student Achievement - Missouri
• Education Week's Quality Counts Report 2008

Today's Articles:

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Census Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)

Poverty tightens its grip on Ohio. (OHIO) Read Article
By Tim Doulin and Mary Beth Lane, Columbus Dispatch. January 10, 2008.
 

Census shows rise in Iowa poverty rates. (IOWA) Read Article
By Steve Gravelle, Cedar Rapids Gazette. January 10, 2008.
 

Poverty estimates decline in region. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Karen Lincoln Michel, Green Bay Press-Gazette. January 10, 2008.
 

National report spurs call to end poverty entirely. Read Article
By James Thalman, Deseret Morning News. January 10, 2008.
 

Kids in state under 5 have lowest poverty rate in nation. (MARYLAND) Read Article
By Ben Meyerson, Salisbury Daily Times. January 9, 2008.
 

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Census SAIPE: Child Poverty by School Districts

33% of students here live in poverty. (MILWAUKEE, WI) Read Article
By Bill Glauber and Ben Poston, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 9, 2008.
 

14,500 Toledo Public students were poor in '05. (TOLEDO, OH) Read Article
By Meghan Gilbert, Toledo Blade. January 10, 2008.
 

Census: Area sees rise in student poverty. (OHIO) Read Article
By Ryan Cook, Middletown Journal. January 10, 2008.
 

One out of three students lives in poverty. (EL PASO, TX) Read Article
By Gustavo Reveles Acosta, El Paso Times. January 9, 2008.
 

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Dental Coverage of Children on Medicaid - Maryland

For too many Md. children, too few trips to the dentist. (MARYLAND) Read Article
By Mary Otto, Washington Post. December 27, 2007.
 

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Healthy San Francisco Plan

Judges tell San Francisco it can begin health plan. (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Read Article
By Jesse McKinley, New York Times. January 10, 2008.
 

Appeals court allows S.F. to enforce health care law. (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Read Article
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle. January 10, 2008.
 

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States and Health Care Plans - Iowa, Oregon, Texas

Health care for kids tops list of needs. (IOWA) Read Article
By Tony Leys, Des Moines Register. January 9, 2008.
 

Insure all kids? Illinois shows how it's done. (IOWA) Read Article
Editorial, Des Moines Register. January 10, 2008.
 

Health care at stake in lottery. (OREGON) Read Article
By Bill Graves, The Oregonian. January 8, 2008.
 

Attorney general proposes health insurance program for kids in child support system. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. January 10, 2008.
 

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Homelessness and Housing First - Seattle, WA

Seattle saved $3.2 million by housing most difficult homeless. (SEATTLE, WA) Read Article
By Donna Gordon Blankinship (Associated Press), Seattle Post-Intelligencer. January 9, 2008.
 

Housing homeless saves money. (SEATTLE, WA) Read Article
By John Iwasaki, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. January 9, 2008.
 

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Subprime Lending and Race - Baltimore, MD

Baltimore sues subprime lender over race. (BALTIMORE, MD) Read Article
By Dina ElBoghdady, Washington Post. January 9, 2008.
 

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Indiana Voter Identification Law

Partisan colors fly in voter ID case. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org. January 9, 2008.
 

Justices question timing of voter ID challenge. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org. January 10, 2008.
 

Justices seem hesitant to toss Indiana's voter ID law. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star. January 10, 2008.
 

Supreme Court case: Should you be able to vote without a photo ID? (INDIANA) Read Article
By Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor. January 9, 2008.
 

Justices indicate they may uphold voter ID rules. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Linda Greenhouse, New York Times. January 10, 2008.
 

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Poverty and Student Achievement - Missouri

Poverty has bigger effect than school spending on test scores. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Lindy Bavolek, Southeast Missourian. January 9, 2008.
 

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Education Week's Quality Counts Report 2008

Grading the states. Read Article
By Christopher B. Swanson, Education Week. January 10, 2008.
 

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