In the News ... "Booming Midland shows different face"

Editorial
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - It is heartbreaking for us to scan the statistics coming from the Midland Homeless Coalition, but the single most disturbing fact is that we have more homeless children in our city.

Overall, homeless adults increased by 2 percent from January 2012 to 2013. And we have seen a 31 percent rise in the number of homeless children over that same period, from 83 to 109.

There may be even more unaccounted for.

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