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...that Minnesota's monthly benefits were on par or slightly worse than neighboring states.Debra Howze of the Welfare Rights Committee said the various bills restricting state assistance stigmatized poor people and come off as mean-spirited toward...
...that Minnesota's monthly benefits were on par or slightly worse than neighboring states. Debra Howze of the Welfare Rights Committee said the various bills restricting state assistance stigmatized poor people and come off as mean-spirited toward...
...meaningful job opportunities. ''We are being forced into slave labor jobs,'' said Chili George, a member of the Welfare Rights Committee. ------ VOTING ALONE As a Republican, Sen. Martha Robertson is used to being in the minority, but she...
...Dispatch Photos by Steve Kohls) Later, members of the small but vocal group of protesters known as the Welfare Rights Committee featured rappers at an event opposing cuts that might affect the poor. Though changes to various welfare and...
...she turned to Schnieders: "Welfare Rights is going to make a bunch of signs for us. That's great." The Welfare Rights Committee, most known for its outspoken criticism of cuts in public financial assistance, was offering its support...
...changes. ''Minnesota's sanction policy is already a disaster,'' said Linden Gawboy, spokeswoman for the Welfare Rights Committee. ''The DHS ... wants to take a terrible thing and make it worse,'' she added. The changes would be midcourse...
...they refused to leave the office of a lawmaker sponsoring a welfare sanctions bill. About 30 members of the Welfare Rights Committee gathered outside a committee room and some continued the protest by the office of House Health and Human Services...
...have bureaucrats pick winners and losers. "Every family on welfare has a hardship," said Deb Konechne of the Welfare Rights Committee. The group's members also object to Goodno's bill because it would increase the level of benefits officials...
...she said. "Nobody goes to the doctor for fun." Those two and other members of the activist group the Welfare Rights Committee see a simple solution to the state's budget crisis: Tax the rich. But Pawlenty vows not to head in that direction...