Togo wanted to distribute millions of dollars to its citizens in dire straits. There was just one daunting problem: How could it identify the neediest of the needy?
President Trump enters his second year in office, fresh off his first legislative victory. Are there more to come? What about that Russia probe, hot spots overseas — and those midterm elections?
Some states are seeking to make major changes in their Medicaid programs that would end coverage for millions of people, even if the Affordable Care Act isn't repealed.
The new program did work for millions of families. The idea was that people would be encouraged to find work if they knew their monthly checks would end, but instead, some have been left high and dry.
The legislature has passed a bill that would bar people on public assistance from using cash aid on theme parks, pools and casinos, or from withdrawing more than $25 per day from the ATM.
KNPR'S STATE OF NEVADA -- Poverty seems to be an endemic problem. Every society has apparently had impoverished people but we set about eradicating that...
Orphaned by age 4, a school dropout by the 9th grade, and a cotton-picker in rural Louisiana, Ruby Duncan moved to Las Vegas for a better life. Instead, she found her aunt living with other poor African Americans in a cardboard shack in the desert.
Millions are on welfare, but where does that money go? Straight into the casinos, it seems! Californians spent nearly $12 million in Las Vegas casinos and drawn from ATMs. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving to block welfare debit cards in casinos.
The non-profit National Center for Youth Law is suing Clark County and the State of Nevada, accusing the two municipal bodies of violating state and federal law by routinely denying foster children stability, health care, and, in many cases, even the most minimal level of safety.
The suit names 13 children in Nevada's foster care system as co-plaintiffs and Youth law hopes the case will be catalyst for overhauling the state's child welfare system.
We'll talk with one of the attorneys representing those kids in the suit.
The longest line nowadays seems to be the job line. Over 187,000 Nevadans are out of work. We talk to a few of them about what they're doing to find a job and how they're surviving.
If you have a story about being unemployed, send us an e-mail at son@knpr.org. More
