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Vermilion County Poverty Rate Goes Up

Updated: January 7, 2009
Poverty in Vermilion County has gotten worse. The Illinois Poverty Summit moved the county from its poverty watch list to its warning list. The group says the primary reasons for the change are a decrease in the county`s high school graduation rate and

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