BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State auditors say Idaho's child welfare system is overwhelmed, with too few foster parents, too heavy caseloads for social workers and not enough infrastructure to hold it all together.
We had a conversation on-air today about government transfer payments. I described all of them as being the “dole”. A disabled veteran rightly took exception. He made his deposit in service of his country. Now we need to keep our end of the bargain...
Mario Cuomo once told me my perception of welfare was wrong. The late Governor of New York insisted most welfare recipients weren’t a troop of lazy men “guzzling beer” on a street corner (they sounded like fun guys). Instead he argued most recipients were children and found themselves hungry and in threadbare clothes through no fault of their own...
Despite a slowly improving economy and falling unemployment, the agency that cares for Idaho's poor and disabled residents says there's plenty of evidence that people are still struggling.
Many of the budget cuts passed this year in the legislature will go into effect in just a few days on July 1st. One of the areas taking a big hit is Medicaid and preventative dental care.
More than 100 people gathered at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to attend a hearing over whether they'll be able to appeal cuts to the state's cash assistance program for disabled adults.
We are once again seeing higher gas prices. Turmoil in the Middle East is being blamed and yet we have done NOTHING to deter our dependence on that oil. When are we going to start drilling our own oil? Read more...
Top Story Podcast 2/23/11: First hour: Idaho keeps taking fed money
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