Poverty Dispatch - May 8, 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:

• Cuts to Medi-Cal Program - California
• Medicaid Application Delays - Long Island, NY
• Privatization of Social Services - Michigan, Texas
• Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests
• Child Welfare and Infants of Inmates - Nevada
• Homeless School Children - South Carolina, Illinois
• State Minimum Wages - Connecticut, Minnesota
• State Grocery Tax - Alabama
• Home Foreclosures - Minnesota
• Home Foreclosures and Renters
• New Orleans Schools and Student Achievement

Today's Articles:

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Cuts to Medi-Cal Program - California

Health care providers challenge cuts to Medi-Cal. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Judy Lin, Sacramento Bee. May 6, 2008.
 

Health care workers sue state over pay-cut plan. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer (Associated Press), San Jose Mercury News. May 6, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Application Delays - Long Island, NY

Long Island Medicaid application delays could worsen. (LONG ISLAND, NY) Read Article
By Micahel Amon, Newsday. May 7, 2008.
 

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Privatization of Social Services - Michigan, Texas

State foster care could get boost. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Tim Martin (Associated Press), Detroit Free Press. May 8, 2008.
 

Private firms cleared to help Texans applying for food stamps. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Jason Embry, Austin American-Statesman. May 6, 2008.
 

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Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests

Reports find racial gap in drug arrests. Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. May 6, 2008.
 

State leads in prison drug gap. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. May 5, 2008.
 

Blacks' risk of drug arrest is a grim reality. (Column) Read Article
By Eugene Kane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. May 6, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare and Infants of Inmates - Nevada

Infants of Inmates: Protocol on babies reviewed. (NEVADA) Read Article
By David Kihara, Las Vegas Review-Journal. May 8, 2008.
 

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Homeless School Children - South Carolina, Illinois

Homeless students on rise at schools. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Devon Copeland, The State. May 7, 2008.
 

Number of homeless students in Illinois on the rise. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Frank Radosevich II, Peoria Journal Star. May 7, 2008.
 

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State Minimum Wages - Connecticut, Minnesota

Senate passes minimum wage increase. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
Newsday. May 5, 2008.
 

Minimum wage bill now in Rell's court. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Jon Lender and Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant. May 6, 2008.
 

Minimum wage hike hits snag. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
Associated Press, St. Cloud Times. May 8, 2008.
 

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State Grocery Tax - Alabama

Grocery tax plan under fire. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Sebastian Kitchen, Montgomery Advertiser. May 7, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures - Minnesota

Small cities rate high in foreclosures. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Steve Brandt, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. May 8, 2008.
 

Minnesota foreclosure bill faces veto threat. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Tom Weber, Minnesota Public Radio. May 8, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Renters

Foreclosures hurt many renters, study says. Read Article
By Brian Boyd, Standard-Times. May 8, 2008.
 

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New Orleans Schools and Student Achievement

Changes at New Orleans schools bring gains in test scores. Read Article
By Adam Nossiter, New York Times. May 7, 2008.
 

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