An interesting development in politics and journalism has been the rapid increase in reporting on the accuracy of politicians’ statements during campaign season. Generally speaking, that’s a very welcome development, since it provides a means of keeping candidates a bit more honest and improving the level of political discourse....
In the wake of new Census Bureau data released in late September, showing the widest gap ever measured between the rich and the poor, the Wisconsin Budget Project has posted a series of three blogs examining some of the policy issues related to the distribution of wealth in the U.S. and Wisconsin. On Wednesday the Budget Project blogged...
Today is "National Child Health Day." Let’s celebrate the occasion by enjoying a little bit of good news on children’s health that was overshadowed last week by the generally depressing Census Bureau data on income and poverty. According to the data from the American Community Survey, the percentage of children who were uninsured...
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Despite the efforts of Democrats to extend it, federal funding runs out today for the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund (ECF), which was a $5 billion appropriation in the Recovery Act that has been used in a variety of ways to help low-income families. One very important use of the ECF dollars has been to finance transitional jobs and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) announced Thursday (Sept. 30) that it was awarding nearly $49 million to help 48 States and the District of Columbia plan for the establishment of health insurance Exchanges, including almost $1 million to Wisconsin. The grants will assist states in the planning needed to develop...
On Thursday, September 23, 2010, the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) and its partners hosted a webinar on the costs and benefits of change within the juvenile justice system. The webinar, entitled “Finding Opportunities for Reform in Difficult Fiscal Times”, was presented by Annie Balck of NJJN with Beth Colgan of Columbia...
As you have probably heard, the Census Bureau released 2009 data yesterday on a wide range of issues, including income, poverty and health insurance. Wisconsin’s child poverty rate jumped from 13.4% in 2008 to 16.7% in 2009 – catching up a bit to the national rate, which increased to 20.0% last year. About 214,000 Wisconsin children...
Two Wisconsin communities, Waukesha and the Greater Green Bay Area were honored last week as being among the best communities in the U.S. for young people in 2010. The “100 Best Communities for Young People” is a list prepared annually by America’s Promise Alliance and ING for extraordinary community-wide efforts to improve the...
If you get the Sunday New York Times or read it online, you may have seen this September 26 headline: “Job Loss Looms as Part of Stimulus Act Expires.” The article concerns a portion of the Recovery Act funding that has been used to help low income families in a variety of ways, including providing funding to initiate or expand...
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