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Friday, January 30, 2009 11:31 PM

POVERTY: Recession, budget-crunch could worsen poverty problem

By EDIE ROSS and CHRIS GREEN, Harris News Reporters

The number of Kansans living in poverty has increased by more than 30 percent since July 2000 and a recent downtick might end up being short-lived.

If past U.S. recessions are any indication, the current economic downturn is likely to find even more Kansans out of work, and living at or beneath the poverty line.

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