Texas poverty rate rises to 17.3 percent

Garrett:
AUSTIN — Nearly 4.3 million Texans lived in poverty last year, up 11 percent from a year earlier, the Census Bureau reported today. The state’s poverty rate -- 17.3 percent -- remained the nation’s 6th highest in 2009. The rate among Texas children also has increased since 2008. http://dallasne.ws/cP7jee