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Recent Stories
Latest news from around Northern Michigan, the State of Michigan and the Nation/World
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
In an effort to help with child well-being, a new report from the kids count in Michigan was released Thursday morning to give people a better idea of how children are being raised in our state.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Crawford County ranked the second worst in the state when it comes to the health of babies and their mothers.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Leelanau, Grand Traverse and Emmet Counties land in top spots for best health for moms and children. Clare, Crawford, Lake and Luce Counties are among the ten worst in the state.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
A Kids Count study released Thursday by the Michigan League For Human Services show 21.5% of children in Chippewa County live in a high poverty household.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Child abuse and neglect in Michigan jumped 34 percent over the past decade while nearly half of public school children statewide now qualify for free and reduced price lunches.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
The Kids Count in Michigan report released Tuesday says the poverty rate for children under 18 in the state climbed from 14 percent in 2000 to 23 percent in 2009.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Michigan fell to 30th in the latest state-by-state ranking in the Kids Count survey from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Michigan ranked 27th last year.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Clare, Lake and Roscommon counties in the northern half of Michigan's Lower Peninsula had child poverty rates above 32 percent
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