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Utah’s approach to breaking the cycle of child poverty: helping parents
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Utah is leading states in efforts to reduce childhood poverty, one study found. One approach it's taken? Creating programs that tackle intergenerational poverty in families.
No inheritance? No problem
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Only 25 percent expect to receive an inheritance, but 51 percent think they will leave one.
If you look hard, housing data offers good news
Numbers suggest recovery is gaining steam; banks may hold key to the next level.
You’re mortal, so write your will
A survey says more than half of American parents lack a will or a living trust.
Ringing in the new year with a pay raise
More than 20 states raise their minimum wages, so millions of workers get a bump in pay this year.
Marriage and the class divide
Could stronger marriages narrow the class divide?
Foster families get the Disney treatment
ABC Family launches "The Fosters," a drama about a family with two moms, one biological son, two adopted foster kids, and a newcomer.
Preserving fertility for the low price of $50,000
For one woman, $50,000 on a new technology to freeze her eggs was worth the expense.
"American Winter": Documenting the downturn
A new HBO documentary, “American Winter,” explores how families have suffered in the weakened economy.
The costs of raising a child
Breaking down the numbers of raising a family. The Department of Agriculture estimates middle-income families will spend about a quarter of a million dollars raising one child.