47,791,997

Americans on food stamps.

Via FREEDOM EDEN.

Published on March 12, 2013.
Filed under: Economy, Government Spending, Poverty

Food stamp challenge: trying to eat for $5 a day

Via Capital Times.

Published on January 30, 2013.
Filed under: Poverty

Occupy Madison wants to open alternative homeless shelter

What could go wrong?

Via WKOW.

Published on January 9, 2013.
Filed under: Madison, Nature, Politics, Poverty

Wisconsin child poverty increases

Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Published on December 13, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Poverty

Near poverty in America: 30,000,000 people

Via WISN.

Published on October 24, 2012.
Filed under: America, Economy, Poverty

Map of locations of billboards warning voters in poor neighborhoods that “Voter Fraud is a Felony”

Via 620 WTMJ.

Published on October 16, 2012.
Filed under: Elections, Politics, Poverty

Rural homelessness plagues Wisconsin

Via WQOW.

Published on October 2, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Poverty, Wisconsin

Wisconsin poverty rate is 13%

Including 237,000 children.

Via Wisconsin State Journal.

Published on September 20, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Poverty, Wisconsin

29.4%

Poverty rate in Milwaukee.

Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Published on September 20, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Poverty

Madison bans begging

Via WKOW.

Published on September 19, 2012.
Filed under: Local Government, Madison, Poverty

Census shows Wisconsin poverty rate rises

Now 13.1%.

Via Wisconsin State Journal.

Published on September 12, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Extra, Poverty, Wisconsin

Dane County eyes park campsites, temporary showers, bathrooms for homeless

No easy time.

Via Wisconsin State Journal.

Published on August 4, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Local Government, Poverty

Child poverty increases in Wisconsin

Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Published on July 26, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Poverty

GOP Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Asks Press to Stop Writing Sob Stories About Poor People

Telling Brookfield what it wants to hear.

Via Huffington Post.

Published on June 18, 2012.
Filed under: Poverty, Press, U.S. Senate 2012

BadgerCare premium-increase letters in the mail

Disadvantaged to pay more.

Via Wisconsin Radio Network.

Published on May 3, 2012.
Filed under: Government Spending, Health, Poverty

Barrett questions motivation behind Walker’s“ Transform Milwaukee” poverty initiative

Via Wisconsin Radio Network.

Published on May 1, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Gov. Walker, Milwaukee, Politics, Poverty

Walker unveils $100 million economic plan for Milwaukee’s poorest areas

Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Published on April 30, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Gov. Walker, Milwaukee, Poverty

Nearly half of La Crosse students get free or reduced lunches

Via La Crosse Tribune.

Published on March 20, 2012.
Filed under: Economy, Poverty, Schools

Packers, Sargento raise $100K for local food pantries

Via WITI.

Published on January 20, 2012.
Filed under: Charity, Food, Poverty

Homelessness a growing problem in rural Wisconsin

According to the state Division of Housing, 17,007 people spent the night in an emergency shelter in Wisconsin in 2010, the most recent year for which numbers were available. Three largely rural counties — Forest, Marathon and Oneida — had the largest growth of homeless families, while another rural county, Columbia, had the largest growth in chronic homelessness.

Via Wisconsin State Journal.

Published on January 15, 2012.
Filed under: Poverty, Wisconsin