Poverty Dispatch - March 13, 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:

• Proposed Welfare Changes - Rhode Island
• Food Stamp Programs - Michigan, Iowa, Connecticut
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Texas
• Hospitals and Medicaid Cuts
• Editorial: Medicaid Cuts - Florida
• Oregon Health Care Plan
• Low-income Tenants, Eviction, and Foreclosure - California
• Effects of Foreclosures on Cities and Communities
• The Rights of People Living in Cars - Minnesota
• Single Homeless People - Hawaii
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Michigan, Texas
• Payday Lending Legislation - Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Colorado
• Study: Women and Economic Equality - South Carolina
• Opinions: Fighting Poverty Regionally

Today's Articles:

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Proposed Welfare Changes - Rhode Island

Governor’s plan would limit welfare to 2 years. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Steve Peoples, Providence Journal. March 11, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Programs - Michigan, Iowa, Connecticut

Michigan Senate votes to issue food stamps twice a month. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Associated Press, Booth Newspapers. March 12, 2008.
 

Save money: Try again to end food-aid transaction fees. (IOWA) Read Article
Editorial, Des Moines Register. March 13, 2008.
 

Assistance program gets backing. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Colin Poitras, Hartford Courant. March 12, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Texas

Texas enrollment in Children's Health Insurance program surges 7%. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. March 11, 2008.
 

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Hospitals and Medicaid Cuts

Hospitals nationwide sue to stop cuts in Medicaid. Read Article
By Suzanne Bohan, San Mateo County Times. March 12, 2008.
 

Coalition sues to head off Medicaid cuts. Read Article
By Elizabeth Fernandez, San Francisco Chronicle. March 12, 2008.
 

Hospitals file lawsuit over Medicaid. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 11, 2008.
 

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Editorial: Medicaid Cuts - Florida

Budget cuts put elderly, poor at risk. (FLORIDA) Read Article
Editorial, Miami Herald. March 11, 2008.
 

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Oregon Health Care Plan

Drawing lots for health care. (OREGON) Read Article
By William Yardley, New York Times. March 13, 2008.
 

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Low-income Tenants, Eviction, and Foreclosure - California

Low-income renters being squeezed out. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Dana Bartholomew, Los Angeles Daily News. March 12, 2008.
 

Renters tell of harassment in foreclosure proceedings. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times. March 12, 2008.
 

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Effects of Foreclosures on Cities and Communities

Foreclosure crisis has ripple effect. Read Article
By Haya El Nasser, USA Today. March 11, 2008.
 

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The Rights of People Living in Cars - Minnesota

Bill would give those living in cars right to last few possessions. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Nick Coleman, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. March 12, 2008.
 

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Single Homeless People - Hawaii

Single, homeless and nowhere to go. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Mary Vorsino, Honolulu Advertiser. March 13, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Michigan, Texas

Earned income credit big boost for poor taxpayers. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Muskegon Chronicle. March 12, 2008.
 

IRS's earned income credit brings boost to Texas economy. (TEXAS) Read Article
Mid County Chronicle. March 12, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Legislation - Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Colorado

Pa. Senate passes predatory lending legislation. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Jeff Blumenthal, Philadelphia Business Journal. March 12, 2008.
 

Payday lending measure advances. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Janet Patton, Lexington Herald-Leader. March 13, 2008.
 

Bill targets payday lending industry. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier-Journal. March 12, 2008.
 

Put the squeeze on payday loans. (COLORADO) Read Article
Editorial, Denver Post. March 7, 2008.
 

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Study: Women and Economic Equality - South Carolina

Study: Poverty rampant, especially for black women. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By James T. Hammond, The State. March 13, 2008.
 

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Opinions: Fighting Poverty Regionally

Combat poverty with a regional approach. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Charles Moore, Albany Times-Union. March 9, 2008.
 

Social services could save the state money. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Kathryn G. Denhardt, Wilmington News Journal. March 13, 2008.
 

Focus on children in fighting poverty. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Gerri Robinson, The Tennessean. March 10, 2008.
 

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