In the News ... "A year after downturn begins, Midland sees increase in poverty"

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Erin Stone, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - A 2014 study of U.S. Census Bureau data by New York-based personal finance company SmartAsset showed that Midland-Odessa had one of the fastest-declining poverty rates in the nation ...

... Almost exactly a year after the start of the oil downturn in November 2014, local agencies are starting to see drastic spikes in need throughout the community ...

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