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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

AZ: Welfare Reform

About one in every seven people in Arizona relies on food assistance through SNAP. (Daniel Orth/Flickr)
Farm Bill Could Cut Off Many AZ Families from Food Stamps

PHOENIX - Around 850,000 people in Arizona rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but advocates for food security fear the Farm Bill…

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The federal government rejected key parts of Gov. Doug Ducey's Medicaid reforms, while leaving in place Health Savings Accounts for Arizona families. (dmarshall/iStockphoto)
Healthcare Advocates Give New Medicaid Rules Mixed Reviews

PHOENIX – Advocates for Arizona families are giving mixed reviews to a decision by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The federal …

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PHOTO: Hundreds of families are expected to be impacted by Arizona lawmakers limiting welfare benefits to a one-year lifetime cap, making it the nation's shortest cap. Photo credit: Gov. Doug Ducey.
Arizona Caps Welfare Benefits at One Year, Nation's Lowest

PHOENIX - It appears Arizona will have the nation's shortest lifetime cap on welfare benefits after state lawmakers approved action limiting it to one…

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Treating Poverty Like an Illness

PHOENIX, Ariz. - A Detroit-based social service agency is working on a pilot program to bring its unusual approach to dealing with poverty to Arizona …

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GRAPHIC: SNAP, or food stamp benefits typically run out for Arizona families after two and a half weeks each month. CREDIT: Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Food Stamps on the "Fiscal Cliff" Chopping Block

PHOENIX, Ariz. - SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, would be fundamentally changed as a result of …

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Family Advocates: State Budget Cuts Hurt Kids, Economy

PHOENIX – Child and family advocates say spending cuts in budget proposals from the governor and Legislature not only hurt kids and their famili…

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GOP Budget Would Cut Help For Arizona’s Hungry

PHOENIX - Any Arizonan qualified for federal food assistance can get it - for now - but advocates say that would change under the budget proposed by U…

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Center Vows Suit Over AHCCCS Cuts

PHOENIX - Up to a quarter-million low-income, childless adults would be cut off from Arizona's Medicaid program under various budget proposals being …

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Arizona’s “Food Stamp” Rolls Hit One Million for First Time

PHOENIX - More than one million Arizonans are now using what used to be known as "food stamps" to purchase groceries for their families. Katie Kahle…

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ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants: A Good Thing?

President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday criticized Arizona's law that makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime…

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Census Shows AZ Poverty Bad, and Getting Worse?

PHOENIX - New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 15 percent of Arizonans, or 938,000 people, have incomes below the poverty level. Among children…

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All the Shouting Getting You Down? Finding Facts About Healthcare Reform

PHOENIX - Arizona's congressional delegation is back in the nation's capital this week after an August recess filled with sometimes heated public deba…

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