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Remember "The War on Poverty?" Dan Kenney does and wonders how far we've come in the past half century.
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More counties appear on an anti-poverty group’s watch and warning lists this year than last.Of the state’s 102 counties, 67 are on a watch list — or more…
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A recent report finds mainly women are in poverty in Illinois and improving their financial status would boost the overall economy in the state. The...
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About half of Illinois counties are on poverty watch or warning lists released Monday by an anti-poverty organization, the Heartland Alliance.The number…
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About 100 teachers and school support staff spent the better part of three hours inside a junior high school gymnasium in rural, east central Illinois in…
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New numbers show that the poverty rate in Illinois is still worse than the national average. The poverty rate is lower, both nationally and in Illinois,…
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Southern Illinois city's residents grapple with planned closure of public housing complexes.As the sun set on a recent Friday evening at the McBride…
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A recent study by Prosperity Now shows Illinois is in the middle of the pack when it comes to family financial health.It finds more than a third of…
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Illinois ranks nineteenth in the nation when it comes to the overall well-being of children according to the latest Kids Count Data Book, which analyzes…
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A nonprofit research group says poverty rates in Illinois are up to three times higher for racial minorities.The Chicago-based Heartland Alliance's…