Poverty Dispatch - June 19, 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:

• Child Care Subsidies - New York
• Food Stamp Program - Ohio, Vermont
• Medicaid Reform - West Virginia, Massachusetts
• Medicaid and Children's Hospitals - South Carolina
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Louisiana
• Homeless Families with Children - Louisville, KY
• State Budget Cuts and Energy Assistance - Rhode Island
• Public Housing Program - Tucson, AZ
• Affordable Housing Laws - New Jersey
• Minimum Wage Legislation - Delaware
• Editorial: History of the Minimum Wage
• Income Trends and Costs of Living - Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas
• Payday Lending Legislation and State Ballot Initiatives
• Opinion: Temporary Assistance Eligibility and Car Ownership - California
• Editorial: Prisoner Re-entry and Corrections Spending - Michigan

Today's Articles:

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Child Care Subsidies - New York

Counties say state is cutting day-care subsidies. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Joseph Spector, Ithaca Journal. June 16, 2008.
 

Onondaga County gets child care boost. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Delen Goldberg, Syracuse Post-Standard. June 15, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program - Ohio, Vermont

Columbus' need for food aid outpaces other Ohio cities'. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. June 18, 2008.
 

Groups seek to boost food stamp usage. (VERMONT) Read Article
By Mel Huff, Times Argus. June 16, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Reform - West Virginia, Massachusetts

Groups call on state to suspend Medicaid reforms. (WEST VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Walt Williams, State Journal. June 19, 2008.
 

Mass. officials seek new Medicaid waiver. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Andrew Miga (Associated Press), Worcester Telegram and Gazette. June 18, 2008.
 

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Medicaid and Children's Hospitals - South Carolina

More aid for Medicaid. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Jill Coley, Charleston Post and Courier. June 16, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Louisiana

LaCHIP makes gains. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Marsha Sills, Daily Advertiser. June 17, 2008.
 

Boustany encourages LaCHIP enrollment. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Patrick Courreges, Baton Rouge Advocate. June 17, 2008.
 

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Homeless Families with Children - Louisville, KY

For many Louisville kids, there's no place called home. (LOUISVILLE, KY) Read Article
By Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier-Journal. June 16, 2008.
 

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State Budget Cuts and Energy Assistance - Rhode Island

Program to help poor pay for heat may be cut. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Timothy C. Barmann, Providence Journal. June 18, 2008.
 

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Public Housing Program - Tucson, AZ

Public housing closes door on new applicants. (TUCSON, AZ) Read Article
By Sheryl Kornman, Tucson Citizen. June 17, 2008.
 

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Affordable Housing Laws - New Jersey

Assembly advances major NJ housing reform. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester, Jr. (Associated Press), Newsday. June 16, 2008.
 

Affordable housing bill called curse or blessing. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester, Star-Ledger. June 17, 2008.
 

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Minimum Wage Legislation - Delaware

Senate eyes wages for tipped employees. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Ginger Gibson, Wilmington News Journal. June 17, 2008.
 

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Editorial: History of the Minimum Wage

After 75 years, the working poor still struggle for a fair wage. (Editorial) Read Article
By Adam Cohen, New York Times. June 17, 2008.
 

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Income Trends and Costs of Living - Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas

Poor and wealthy alike feeling economic pinch. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky and Mark Ferenchik, Columbus Dispatch. June 17, 2008.
 

Study paints different picture of N.J.'s poor. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. June 18, 2008.
 

Regional study shows high cost of survival. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Alfred Lubrano, Philadelphia Inquirer. June 18, 2008.
 

Economy hurts minimum wage workers. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Andrea Ball, Austin American-Statesman. June 16, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Legislation and State Ballot Initiatives

Voters may decide fate of payday loans. Read Article
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org. June 18, 2008.
 

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Opinion: Temporary Assistance Eligibility and Car Ownership - California

Wheels versus welfare. (Opinion) Read Article
By Rourke O'Brien, Los Angeles Times. June 19, 2008.
 

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Editorial: Prisoner Re-entry and Corrections Spending - Michigan

Cut sentences of inmates who choose rehabilitation. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Detroit News. June 17, 2008.
 

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