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Reminding Working Families about Tax Credit
The North Dakota Economic Security and Prosperity Alliance launched a series of ads to encourage people to use the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) when they file their taxes this year. The North Dakota Center for the Public Good is a member of the NDESPA. read on...
Report Shows Big Gap in Who Pays How Much in Taxes
Low and middle income families in North Dakota pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than do their richer North Dakota neighbors, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The North Dakota Center for the Public Good spoke at the news conference releasing the North Dakota report.
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North Dakota Economic Security Alliance Forms to Bridge Economic Disparities
The North Dakota Economic Security Alliance (NDESA) said today that two recent economic studies show disturbing economic disparities, making some North Dakotans more vulnerable in the current recession. A November 5-6 Summit at the Bismarck Doublewood Inn, “Finding Opportunity/Creating Solutions: A Summit of Organizations and Leaders” will identify ways to help.read on...
Mark Ritchie and panel encourage participation
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and area community leaders spoke at a panel discussion about becoming involved in local politics at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck. Ritchie was in Bismarck to speak at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday.read on...
Health costs hurt North Dakota family budgets
Families comprising an estimated 160,000 North Dakotans will spend more than 10 percent of their annual income on health coverage, according to a study by Families USA, a health reform advocacy group.read on...
Report shows impact of rising costs of health care
About 160,000 North Dakotans will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax family incomes on health care this year, even though 90 percent have health-insurance coverage, according to a report released Wednesday.
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160,000 North Dakotans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care in 2009
A report released today by the consumer health organization Families USA spotlights a growing crisis among insured families, as rising health care costs devour a growing portion of their pre-tax income. read on...
More North Dakotans Uninsured Than Thought
A new report shows more North Dakotans are struggling to pay for health insurance than previously believed.
The national nonprofit Families USA found 150,000 people in the state went without health insurance at some point during the past two years.
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NEW REPORT FINDS 150,000 NORTH DAKOTANS WERE UNINSURED AT SOME POINT IN 2007-2008
Approximately 150,000 North Dakotans—27.9 percent of residents under age 65—were uninsured at some point of time during 2007-2008, according to a report released today by the health consumer organization Families USA. In fact, 105,000 of those uninsured North Dakotans, 70 percent of the total, were uninsured for six months or more during that time.read on...
NAIC Names Consumer Liaisons Amid Complaint Over Effectiveness
KANSAS CITY, Mo. February 27 (BestWire) — The National Association of Insurance Commissioners named its consumer liaisons for 2009, with three new faces replacing representatives who dropped out of the program. But one former liaison has opted out because he says the program doesn't serve consumers well.read on...
NAIC Names Consumer Liaisons Amid Complaint Over Effectiveness
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners named its consumer liaisons for 2009, with three new faces replacing representatives who dropped out of the program. But one former liaison has opted out because he says the program doesn't serve consumers well.read on...
USA Today: North Dakota tops analysis of corruption
Its largest city is legendary for machine-style politics and its elected leaders have been under investigation for years. But, by one measure, Illinois is not even close to the nation's most-corrupt state. North Dakota, it turns out, may hold that distinction instead. Don Morrison, North Dakota Center for the Public Good, comments that the data may say more about the aggressiveness of a prosecutor.
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Groups lobby for kids' health care
An estimated 14,000 North Dakota children are without health insurance because federal and state funding for coverage has been inadequate, according to Families USA. The national organization for health-care consumers partnered with the North Dakota Center for the Public Good, an advocacy group for economic and social justice, to release census statistics on uninsured children Wednesday.
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One out of every dozen children in North Dakota is uninsured, and total may grow
There are 14,000 uninsured children in North Dakota, more than one out of 12 (8.9 percent) children in the state, according to a new report released today by Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers.read on...
Gay in Bismarck
There are Pride events held across the country every year-they're events that aim to bring together gay, straight, bisexual and transgender people. And this summer a local alternative newspaper decided to run a front-page story about Pride Fest in Bismarck/Mandan. That's where our story begins.Don Morrison/Publisher, Prairie Independent: "There was a Pride Fest and we decided we would talk about that on our front page."
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