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January 2009

1-31-2009: The Miami Herald: Help the working poor: Expand tax credit

1-30-2009: The Associated Press State & Local Wire: Panel splits on bills that change minumum wage

1-29-2009: Omaha World-Herald: Helping poor helps state, report says

1-29-2009: The Associated Press State & Local Wire: Health care for all WVa children is within reach

1-27-2009: Corpus Christi Caller-Times: CHIP measure benefits from new leadership

1-26-2009: Phoenix Business Journal: Obama eyes $9.50 minimum wage, extending workplace discrimination laws to sexual orientation

1-29-2009: Providence Journal-Bulletin: Rhode Island organizations join forces to help residents apply for federal tax credit

1-24-2009: Mansfield News Journal: There is hope for change for low-wage workers

1-25-2009: The Wichita Eagle: Job skills at a premium as Kansas market tightens

1-24-2009: Fresno Bee: Supporting SCHIP expansion is right thing to do for children

1-23-2009: Brattleboro Reformer: A fair wage

1-23-2009: Daily Journal of Commerce: FMLA compliance required soon

1-22-2009: The New York Times: Growing Need for Medicaid Puts Added Financial Burden on States

1-21-2009: The Buffalo News: Expand kids' health insurance; Measure would help state plan while insuring more children

1-15-2009: Associated Press: House votes health insurance for 4M more children

1-15-2009: Chicago Tribune: Ailing states cut health care; Services to poor fall in recession; Illinois hopes to hold line

1-13-2009: The Record: How to use the paid family leave law

1-15-2009: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: Employment bar in Massachusetts braces for major FMLA revisions

1-11-2009: Kalamazoo Gazette: Changes to Family and Medical Leave Act take effect Friday

1-8-2009: Philadelphia Daily News: 'Reducing poverty' is the wrong goal

1-7-2009: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Jobless? You've got company

1-7-2009: Tri-City Herald: Time to re-examine state minimum wage

1-5-2009: Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Two sides to a wage hike

12-23-2008: Crookston Daily Times: A prescription for a better economy

1-3-2009: Sun-Sentinel: HIGHER WAGES A BIG THREAT TO BUSINESSES

12-31-2008: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Sick pay meets more opposition Waukesha County chamber sees Milwaukee ordinance as threat

12-31-2008: Philadelphia Inquirer: N.J. set to begin payroll deductions for paid family leave

12-28-2008: THE TENNESSEAN: GOP legislators promise to be friendly to business

12-25-2008: Philadelphia Inquirer: The State of the Poor; More help is needed

12-23-2008: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: City hit with sick leave lawsuit MMAC seeks injunction, claims law already affecting job growth