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...Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released its numbers on income and poverty for 1999, which showed a median household income of $40,816 and an 11.8 percent poverty rate--the lowest numbers since before the recession of the early 1990s. Good figures, and important affirmation of the strong economy's ability to reach deep into the American landscape, but, for 33 million people, still not enough to lift them out of poverty...
...Gore promises to spend more on aid to college students and their parents: $41 billion over 10 years, vs. $11 billion over five years for Bush. No surprise there. But here's the zinger: It is the Democrat who holds out the bigger goody bag for families above the median income, while the Republican would offer more financial aid to the poor. Says Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education: "It's like a play where nobody is playing his assigned part...
...this November, and 2,000 musicians, including Chris Isaak and Faith No More, just got evicted when the city's largest rehearsal space was sold. But it's not just artists who are feeling the squeeze. Residential real estate is nothing short of insane: $465,400 is the median San Francisco house price, up nearly 30% from a year...
...backyard" is no longer limited to nuclear-power stations. In Austin, where office rents have shot up 70% and it's tough to find a square foot of commercial space for less than $40 a month, house prices shot up nearly 40% in 1999, to a median $154,900. For years, neighbors in South Austin battled against an adult-movie theater on South Congress Avenue, a street that divides the funky district from downtown. But when an Internet company called Future Protocol Inc. took its place this year, the groans of disappointment were every bit as loud. "They could...
...Median family income in 1947 for households headed by the same age group, adjusted for inflation...