Poverty Dispatch - February 14, 2008

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:

• Workforce Development and Job Training - Indiana
• People Living in Poverty - Minnesota
• Childhood Hunger - Indiana
• Section 8 Housing Subsidies
• Medicaid Payments to Doctors - Georgia
• State and Federal Medicaid Spending - Florida
• State Health Care Plans - Rhode Island, Colorado
• States and Paid Sick Leave
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Economic Stimulus Tax Rebates and Low-income Earners
• Tax Refund Anticipation Loans

Today's Articles:

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Workforce Development and Job Training - Indiana

Study shows 1 million need job training. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Tom Spalding, Indianapolis Star. February 13, 2008.
 

Study shows Ind. workforce flaws. (INDIANA) Read Article
Louisville Courier-Journal. February 12, 2008.
 

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People Living in Poverty - Minnesota

Poverty on the rise in southeastern Minnesota. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Laura Gossman, Rochester Post-Bulletin. February 13, 2008.
 

Uninsured children, recipients of food stamps are on the rise. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Edie Grossfield, Rochester Post-Bulletin. February 14, 2008.
 

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Childhood Hunger - Indiana

Report casts light on childhood hunger. (INDIANA) Read Article
Associated Press, Martinsville Reporter-Times. February 11, 2008.
 

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Section 8 Housing Subsidies

In Plymouth, demand for housing help far surpasses availability. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Janne Ross, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. February 12, 2008.
 

Tenants threatened by voucher cut. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Jo-Ann Moriarty, The Republican. February 14, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Payments to Doctors - Georgia

Medicaid Payments vs. Medical Costs: Raises a 'start' toward fix. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Andy Miller, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 12, 2008.
 

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State and Federal Medicaid Spending - Florida

Florida losing millions in federal Medicaid money. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Larry Lipman, Palm Beach Post. February 13, 2008.
 

Hurricanes add to Medicaid shortfall. (FLORIDA) Read Article
Associated Press, Florida Today. February 13, 2008.
 

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State Health Care Plans - Rhode Island, Colorado

Care, cost stressed in R.I. initiative. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Alice Dembner, Boston Globe. February 13, 2008.
 

Lt. governor to unveil health-care plan. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Cynthia Needham, Providence Journal. February 12, 2008.
 

Colorado governor unveils 'blocks' for health care reform. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Bob Mook, Denver Business Journal. February 13, 2008.
 

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States and Paid Sick Leave

States lead push for paid sick days. Read Article
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org. February 13, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit

New laws benefit poor taxpayers. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Beth Fitzgerald, Star-Ledger. February 13, 2008.
 

Credit where it's due. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Boston Globe. February 12, 2008.
 

Enact earned income credit. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Hartford Courant. February 12, 2008.
 

Proposal gives low-wage workers in Washington a tax break. (Opinion) Read Article
By Michele Radosevich and Sue Donaldson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. February 13, 2008.
 

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Economic Stimulus Tax Rebates and Low-income Earners

No tax return? No rebate check. Read Article
By Kathy M. Kristof, Los Angeles Times. February 14, 2008.
 

Low-income workers should take note of steps to get tax rebate money. Read Article
By Bob Moser, Lafayette Daily Advertiser. February 13, 2008.
 

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Tax Refund Anticipation Loans

Critics: Refund loans tax poor. Read Article
By Tim O'Brien, Albany Times Union. February 11, 2008.
 

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