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Poverty

• Minnesota's poverty rate is the second lowest in the nation, but the numbers may not tell the whole story
  Once again, Minnesota has the country's second lowest poverty rate. However, people who help the poor say the formula for calculating poverty is woefully out of date and Minnesota's real rate is probably double what's reported. The new U.S. Census Bureau poverty numbers released Friday showed nationally that poverty rose and incomes declined for the second year running.September 26, 2003
• Duluth public housing reborn
  Duluth is tearing down its only public housing project. When the Harbor View Homes were built in 1951, housing for low-income people was separated from everyone else. That's changing now, and most residents are pleased.June 17, 2003
• Change in poor neighborhoods
  A new study says poverty is less concentrated in some major cities in the U.S., including Minneapolis. But does this really mean that the poverty picture is improving?May 30, 2003
• Falling Behind
  There was a time when all you had to do was get a job. In the 1950s and '60s, most full-time jobs paid enough to support a family and even buy a house. But times have changed. Today, you can work 40 hours a week and still not be able to buy health insurance, let alone a house of your own. Many people in Minnesota are working, but poor. They hold down not just one, but two jobs, and barely get by.January 31, 2003
• Falling Behind
  There was a time when all you had to do was get a job. In the 1950s and '60s, most full-time jobs paid enough to support a family and even buy a house. But times have changed. Today, you can work 40 hours a week and still not be able to buy health insurance, let alone a house of your own. Many people in Minnesota are working, but poor. They hold down not just one, but two jobs, and barely get by.January 27, 2003
• Olmsted County offers Somali Meals on Wheels
  Last fall Olmsted County launched Somali Meals on Wheels. The Rochester-based program is a spin-off of the traditional Meals on Wheels program, which provides free lunch for those who meet state and federal qualifications. The Olmsted program is believed to be the only one of its kind in the nation.January 22, 2003
• Lawmakers begin scrutiny of budget
  Lawmakers began sampling Gov. Tim Pawlenty's appetizer of a budget fix on Wednesday. For the most part they declared it distasteful but edible. Pawlenty's plan cuts $468 million from the budget before June. He still has the main course ahead of him, though, when he must cut nearly 10 times as much to balance the budget through the next two years.January 15, 2003
• South Dakota has nation's poorest county
  The 2000 census shows South Dakota's Buffalo County is the poorest in the nation. There are more poor kids in that county than anywhere else. Schools in Buffalo County want to work with the children to break the poverty cycle.October 2, 2002
• Census: poverty still a problem for some minorities
  Rankings by the U.S. Census Bureau show members of some immigrant groups in Minnesota remain mired in poverty. The ranking also confirms the widely-held belief that there are more Somalis in Minnesota than anywhere else in the U.S.September 25, 2002

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