poverty

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal program intended to reduce povertyand improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding is expanding to six states, officials said Tuesday...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. officials are expanding a program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding. By MEG KINNARD Associated...

ST. PAUL — More than 35,000 low-income Minnesotans would gain health care coverage under a bill the House approved Monday. Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, said the federal government would pick...

BEMIDJI – The non-profit agency North Country Food Bank will be holding an online auction to raise funds for a new distribution trailer. The auction, open to the public from...

WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi County ranks 78th among the state's 87 counties in its level of child poverty. Nearly a quarter of the county's children are living in poverty, almost twice...

Who am I describing in the following situations? Action may soon be taken to stop the doubling of the college loan interest rates. These people want to pay for it...

In response to Chad Ridler (Public Forum, Jan. 23), I said 80 percent of the world's poinsettias were grown in Africa, and then shipped to Holland. The United States is...

He looks indignant as he stands at the lectern in the photo that appears on page 3 of the Jan. 21 edition of the West Central Tribune. In the background...

WILLMAR -- Regardless of the politics surrounding Minnesota's expansion of the Medicaid program, hospitals in Minnesota mostly welcome the move. The measure, which outgoing Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty opposed, was...

WILLMAR -- Willmar will be host to one of five meetings Thursday evening called a Statewide Gathering to End Poverty by 2020. The meeting is open to the public. It...

At the "Kids Count Coffee" Oct. 26, the attendees heard that there are homeless youth in our county. Youth means children 11 to teens 17! I asked Willmar Senior Principal...

Why do all Tea Party or Republicans or right-wingers figure that if you cut a foot off the top of the blanket and sew it to the bottom of the...

WILLMAR -- Minnesota women are moving forward in pay equality but progress is achingly slow, a new report issued by the Women's Foundation of Minnesota has found. Lee Roper-Batker, the...