Topic: Poverty Line
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WATCH YMCA to enroll 10,000 for CHIP
February 15, 2010 | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids
WATCH 2 health care costs
November 19, 2009 | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M
WATCH Local 'Santa,' 13-year veteran, dies
November 12, 2009 | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids
Stories on sacbee.com
Universities need to do much more to increase diversity
March 17, 2010 | ALGERNON FELICE
PRB Report Examines U. S. Economic and Social Trends Since 2000 - PR Newswire - sacbee....
March 10, 2010 | Population Reference Bureau
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March 05, 2010
Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown:' I have a sympathy for the underdog'
March 04, 2010 | Jack Chang
The Frame: Poverty in Cambodia
February 10, 2010 | Tim Reese, Assistant Director of Multimedia
Other local news reports
Debt pushes millions below poverty line
June 17, 2009 | SFGate: Top News Stories
Four million Americans would fall below the federal poverty line if the interest they pay on their credit cards and other consumer debt were subtracted from their incomes, say...
Letter: Smoker: Bring on the cigarette tax
April 05, 2009 | AppealDemocrat
According to Frank Lester, spokesman for Reynolds American, 1 in 4 smokers lives at or below the poverty line. If this is the case, I highly doubt these same people,...
From around the web
No money for food: More seniors at risk
February 24, 2010 | indystar.com
incomes below the federal poverty line. The limited fixed incomes of seniors simply do not stretch far enough. Once a senior pays monthly costs such as rent, utilities and...
Do not miss out on anti- poverty credit
February 20, 2010 | DesMoinesRegister.com
children - above the official poverty line. According to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, 189,000 Iowans took advantage of the federal credit that year, claiming an average...
When Bill Hemmer Lived'' Below the Poverty Line''
July 31, 2009 | TVNewser
'' I had bills to pay and I was living below the poverty line,'' he remembers. Two years later, Hemmer landed a better-paying on-air sports-reporting gig with a CBS affiliate...
Make sure Haitians get help first, not government
February 01, 2010 | indystar.com
Haiti is far below the poverty line, and seeing the photos does not tell the true story. I traveled with a medical mission team in 2005 and was overwhelmed to learn that the...
Former 1880s saloon OK'd for low- income housing
January 14, 2010 | indystar.com
Even in Hamilton County, Hales said people are living at or near the poverty line.'' We are seeing a big need,'' she said. The project will include five 1 - 2 person...
Homeless yearn for affordable housing in WDM
November 19, 2009 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Human services workers deal with people whose verified income falls 150 percent below the federal poverty line. That's $21,885 for a two-person household. Federal, state and...

Poverty Line on twitter
it's official, I'm living below the poverty line: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2008/07/basics_of_britain.html
by hobmcd, March 22, 2010
Take Action @change: Tell President Obama to Update the Unrealistic Federal Poverty Line http://bit.ly/cuanKo
by lunaShamana, March 22, 2010
@sardesairajdeep INDIA! where 300 million people live below poverty line........and mayawati who always stand for dalit have 21 lk garland:)
by amitesh_prashar, March 22, 2010
@sagegallon Grant health insurance to all people based on need and income-- same as Medicaid-- but above the poverty line.
by OutragedPeople, March 22, 2010
The minimum calorie intake determining the poverty line in India in rural area is 2400 calories(for a person)!!
by mayanksapre, March 22, 2010
@TylerWatts I thought people under the poverty line also don't pay taxes?...I've never paid taxes before.
by caligarn, March 22, 2010
Poverty Line Books
Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State
Robert C. Lieberman, $30.00
Hard Lines: Voices from Deep Within a Recession
Geoffrey Beattie, $34.98