Poverty Dispatch - April 30, 2009

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 irppubs@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Report: Poverty in Illinois
• Joblessness and Unemployment
• Applications and Caseloads for Cash Assistance - New York
• States and Cuts to Social Services
• Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs
• Pollution in Low-income and Minority Neighborhoods
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
• School Funding Formula - New Jersey
• State Minimum Wages - Missouri, Rhode Island
• Editorial: Earned Income Tax Credit - Illinois

Today's Articles:

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Report: Poverty in Illinois

Study: Recession pushing Illinoisans into poverty. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Tammy Webber (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. April 30, 2009.
 

Knox County poverty ranking improves. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Eric Timmons, Galesburg Register-Mail. April 30, 2009.
 

Study finds rise in Ill. poverty. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Jenn Wiant, Northwest Herald. April 30, 2009.
 

Report predicts more suburbanites will fall into poverty. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Matt Arado, Daily Herald. April 30, 2009.
 

State sees rise in poverty. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Karen McDonald, Peoria Journal Star. April 30, 2009.
 

Chicago-area poor up by 250,000. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By David Sharos, Naperville Sun. April 30, 2009.
 

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Joblessness and Unemployment

Jobless rates rise in all US metro areas in March. Read Article
By Jeannine Aversa (Associated Press), The State. April 29, 2009.
 

Tampa Bay area's jobless rate dwarfed by those of other U.S. metros. Read Article
By Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times. April 30, 2009.
 

Unemployment fix now on way to governor. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Mary Beth Schneider, Indianapolis Star. April 29, 2009.
 

Kentucky, like other states, struggles with unemployment payments. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Ronnis Ellis, News and Tribune. April 29, 2009.
 

Street vending as a way to ease joblessness. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times. April 29, 2009.
 

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Applications and Caseloads for Cash Assistance - New York

As more apply for welfare, concern for those denied. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Julie Bosman, New York Times. April 28, 2009.
 

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States and Cuts to Social Services

States target cuts to social services. Read Article
By Pam Fessler, National Public Radio. April 27, 2009.
 

House Democrats restore budget money for social services. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky and Jim Siegel, Columbus Dispatch. April 27, 2009.
 

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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs

Childhood nutrition: WIC's workload grows as others' shrink. (OREGON) Read Article
By David Sarasohn, The Oregonian. April 26, 2009.
 

Food-stamp subsidy for Iowa grocers eliminated. (IOWA) Read Article
By Charlotte Eby, Quad-City Times. April 29, 2009.
 

Growth in food stamp allotment boosts economy. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Elizabeth Moore, Newsday. April 26, 2009.
 

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Pollution in Low-income and Minority Neighborhoods

Minority areas more polluted. (MILWAUKEE, WI) Read Article
By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 28, 2009.
 

Study: Metro Detroit poor face more health woes from bad air. (DETROIT, MI) Read Article
By Jim Lynch, Detroit News. April 28, 2009.
 

Two reports rip region's quality of air. (GARY, IN) Read Article
By Gitte Laasby, Post-Tribune. April 29, 2009.
 

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National Assessment of Educational Progress

'No Child' law is not closing a racial gap. Read Article
By Sam Dillon, New York Times. April 28, 2009.
 

High-schoolers have made little progress since the 1970s, study says. Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. April 28, 2009.
 

'Nation's Report Card' sees gains in elementary, middle schools. Read Article
By Maria Glod, Washington Post. April 29, 2009.
 

Few gains are seen in high school test. Read Article
By Robert Tomsho, Wall Street Journal. April 29, 2009.
 

Student success still a mixed bag. Read Article
By Greg Toppo, USA Today. April 28, 2009.
 

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School Funding Formula - New Jersey

N.J. Supreme Court to decide funding for neediest school districts. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Kristen Alloway, Star-Ledger. April 27, 2009.
 

N.J. Supreme Court hears arguments on Abbott schools funding formula. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Kristen Alloway, Star-Ledger. April 28, 2009.
 

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State Minimum Wages - Missouri, Rhode Island

Missouri might cap minimum wage for tipped employees. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Michael Bushnell, Columbia Missourian. April 29, 2009.
 

Rhode Island Senate panel passes minimum-wage hike. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Katherine Gregg, Providence Journal. April 30, 2009.
 

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Editorial: Earned Income Tax Credit - Illinois

Increase earned income tax credit. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, State Journal-Register. April 28, 2009.
 

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