Articles written by Olivia Riutta

Olivia Riutta, Alan Houseman and Kristina Davis

While our nation's capital is embroiled in the debate over the federal budget, new poverty data shows just how vulnerable our children and communities are in these tough economic times. Three million more American children have joined the ranks of the impoverished in the last decade, according to the latest census data. More than one out of every five children now lives in poverty. Here in Montana, kids are among those losing ground in their standard of living, health care, and nutrition. Montana's child poverty rate rose... Full story